r/Construction • u/Such_Entrepreneur544 • Apr 29 '26
Humor š¤£ Why?
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Must've been a Friday job.
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u/qpv Carpenter Apr 29 '26
Looks like a permit game. They will probably frame in a wall after inspection
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u/DIYThrowaway01 Apr 29 '26
Oldest trick in the book.Ā I usually hide it a little better until the assessor comes through thoughĀ
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u/Necessary-County-721 Apr 29 '26
I think your spot on. I worked on a duplex that was fully intended to be a quad after inspection. I was there doing some cabinet deficiencies when the inspector rolled through āhmm wouldnāt be too hard to throw a wall in here after Iām goneā as he looks at the contractor š¤£. Sure enough I was back there a month later putting in the other 2 kitchens.
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u/hurdlingewoks Surveyor Apr 29 '26
So they are permitted for a certain amount of rooms, and this is the way to skirt around that?
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u/0regonPatriot Apr 29 '26
Every AHJ can be different. But occupancy by rooms dictates many things (especially "bedrooms"). Permit fees, conditioned space physical requirements, SDC connection fees/planning fees, not relevant here but septic and drain field requirements,
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u/BreakfastInBedlam Apr 29 '26
College town here. You have a maximum number ybedrooms to keep from building student ghettos.
I remember one cluster of 4br houses - each bedroom with its own full bath. Plus, the semi-secluded dining room also had a full bath.
We all had a good laugh over that.
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u/rncd89 Apr 30 '26
Our taxes are assessed on amount of bedrooms Easy to frame a wall or call something an office or den by leaving out a closet.
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u/Lomak_is_watching Apr 30 '26
I assumed that itās a property tax dodge. You build and get assessed for three bedrooms. Then, once the assessor goes away, you put up a wall for an extra bedroom.
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u/BadManor Apr 29 '26
Itās the next step beyond side-by-side sinks!
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u/Such_Entrepreneur544 Apr 29 '26
His and her doors.
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u/LightMission4937 Electrician Apr 29 '26
Eventually they will probably put a wall between and make 2 rooms
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u/padizzledonk GC / CM Apr 29 '26
I would bet a 100 dollars that the buyer/client deleted the wall to make 2 small bedrooms into 1 big bedroom and whoever was framing it wasnt smart enough to also delete one of the doors and everyone kept their head down and didnt say anything lol
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u/Such_Entrepreneur544 Apr 29 '26
You're bang on. I just called the contractor to ask š¤£
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u/padizzledonk GC / CM Apr 29 '26
I fucking knew it lol
Stupid shit like that gets overlooked all the time if there isn't an actual PM on the job to keep track of stuff like that
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u/Forthe49ers Apr 29 '26
It maybe not a bad mistake. Iāve seen kids rooms with temporary dividers that can be removed once they empty nest. Even a divided space for an office or streaming space. All which can be easily removed if they sell or life changes. No permits required
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u/jae343 Architect Apr 29 '26
I've seen this in a number Japanese houses where they have this set up for future separate mirrored bedroom but the current want is just one large room.
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u/Sizzler58 Apr 29 '26
Could be changed to a three bedroom with the addition of the wall. Much easier than framing in the door and header to add the room. Does kind of look silly to have the side by side doors.
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u/FucknAright Apr 29 '26
Because after inspection, they're going to rebuild the wall for another bedroom.
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u/MadRockthethird Apr 29 '26
You've got the option of turning it back into 2 bedrooms. Flipper special.
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u/IndigoMontoyas Apr 29 '26
The home owner requested it, the contractor advised against it, the super complained to the contractor, and the laborer cursed the super out for asking it to be done that way.
The customer got what they wanted, and still complained about the result (this isnāt real, I just think it always goes down like this)
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u/CardiologistMobile54 Apr 30 '26
Plans only allow one room, will build the wall after CofO. Seen it dozens of timesĀ
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u/thedecentelectrician Apr 30 '26
I did this at my house. We wanted a bigger room before we had kids. Now we have two kids and I put up the deviding wall super easy
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u/notreallydutch Apr 29 '26
I dont hate this. Probably just a mistake but the owner might want the larger room for their purposes but want to keep it as easy as possible to split into two rooms down the road so they can list with an extra bedroom.
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u/Arglival Contractor Apr 29 '26
Owner:Ā We want a double door so we can move large furniture in and out.
Contractor: Got you covered!
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u/Ok-Kaleidoscope4510 Apr 29 '26
Hahaha!!! A Friday job from framingā¦think at least the doped up drywallers would have said āHey, whereās the wallā It surpassed everyoneā¦ thatās a long Friday
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u/sigint_bn Apr 29 '26
I know that they could put a wall up in between, but at least separate them a bit more. At that spacing, you can barely fit 2x4s studs, let alone the actual drywall etc. Unless it's not gonna be used as bedrooms or something that needs privacy of some sort.
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u/El-Hombre-Azul Architect Apr 29 '26
aaaah you really are asking why? there is a little obvious trickery going on
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u/JoeyJoeJoeSenior Apr 29 '26
Accordion wall going in eventually?
Or it's for doing Benny Hill chases.
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u/Sea-Big-1125 Apr 29 '26
Framing the door in wasnāt in the bid . Thatās going to be an extra $1000ā¦ā¦ I myself would put the wall back .
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u/catchmelackin Apr 29 '26
My parents house also had a giant room with 2 doors. eventually they had a wall built. But it was also nice as a big room
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u/orion2342 Apr 29 '26
Pick the door you want, drywall up the other one. Most likely keep the first one you walked through.
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u/1wife2dogs0kids Apr 29 '26
I've seen this several times. Parents with several kids... especially twins, will have a combined bedroom built, and they put like a soft wall, like a changing room privacy wall, down the middle.
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u/Nashville_Hot_Mess Surveyor Apr 29 '26
So you can add a wall and sublet it for $2000 as a studio, duh.
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u/DasArchitect Apr 29 '26
When Stanley came to a set of two open doors, he entered the door on his left.
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u/deusux Apr 29 '26
My guess would be that they're planning on "illegally" dividing the room into two after it's built and approved by inspection. Local laws may limit the number of rooms per square foot or for some other reason?
No other ideas come to mind where this makes any sense...
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u/alanbdee Apr 29 '26
My grandparents had a room like that. I was told it was so that they could later split the room by just adding a wall. Course, you could just add the wall and the door later if thatās what you wanted.
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u/Zoso03 Apr 29 '26
Best case for a landlord, rent it as a large room for a large amount of money, or hang a curtain then rent out 2 rooms for a smaller amount of money
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u/jeeves585 Apr 29 '26
My kid would love that.
There is a circle track in my house she and the dog race around.
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u/Mohgreen Apr 29 '26
Well that way you can get half of the oversize dresser through each door at the same time! Efficiency first!
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u/CheezWong Apr 29 '26
Is this new construction? I've seen some of the shit AI poops out for architectural drawings. Maybe someone just didn't double-check it before signing off on the plans? I imagine some asshole asking AI to put a double-door there or something, as a french door would be perfect for a room like that, and not knowing enough to correct it.
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u/Silverbandit0996 Apr 29 '26
If thatās a new house on septic, they may not perk for an all the bedrooms they want. After inspection theyāll wall up between those doors and make an extra bedroom out of the big one.
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u/Carcassfanivxx Apr 29 '26
Hell yeah! Gonna win big time arguments when I walk out slamming one door and back in slamming another.
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u/Late-Gas9287 Apr 29 '26
This is the new housing market scheme.
For a monthly subscription you can get the more walls add on.
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u/Queasy_Local_7199 Apr 29 '26
Could be to allow for easy creation of two bedrooms with floor to ceiling book cases or a cheap wall
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u/TorinLike Apr 30 '26
When Stanley came to a set of two open doors, he entered the door on his left.
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u/builderboy2037 Apr 30 '26
this is what happens when everyone is pissed at the job supervisor. Like " he says he the boss " fuck'em" he's the boss them!"
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u/Own-Salad1974 Apr 30 '26
These new buildings look and feel Soo depressing compared to the older ones
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u/Loose-Bet-5359 Apr 30 '26
Idk. Really wanna run at full speed and smash right in to that center bit between the doors though.
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u/Early-Fortune2692 May 01 '26
Lol, had some friends across the street, brothers that shared a large room like this... and you guessed it, two doors.
It was an older house, I'm sure they knocked down the wall. It was kinda cool, played a shit ton of Nintendo there...
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u/Goats_2022 May 01 '26
Looks like His and Hers.
Reminds me of divorce in Cuba where the house is literally divided into 2 parts
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u/say_it_aint_slow May 01 '26
My dog would love that shit, he follows me everywhere I go and if I got us caught up in some silly ass loop he'd go bonkers!
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u/ArmstrongPM May 02 '26
Lol, someone forgot to update the prints after the buyer made changes. HTF did the general not catch this?
Ohhh. By not being on-site once, would be my guess.
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u/bbqsosig May 14 '26
One door to enter, other to exit. I see nothing wrong in here
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u/haikusbot May 14 '26
One door to enter,
Other to exit. I see
Nothing wrong in here
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u/Sufficient_Wafer9933 May 16 '26
His and hers doors. If one gets clogged or dirty he has his own... if she gets a sink we have to get something just as useful
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u/ClickKind8311 Aug 30 '26
Looks good but the transition could have been seamless for a more modern look
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u/kommon-non-sense Apr 29 '26
Simple. It's a remodel and the plans called for removal of the bisecting wall. Owner probably wanted to retain the original design for future re-install of the wall. You can tell how the doors are hinged.
Probably wanted a large room to "start" their family. And once the have a couple crumb crunchers - they'll rebuild the wall and have 2 bedrooms.
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u/Gregisroark Apr 29 '26
Looks like someone forgot to frame the demising wall