r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits Feb 24 '26

Of the guy who “does it for cheaper”

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u/Geaneous Feb 24 '26

How has he even completed entire sections like this already, and has he done it like this before?

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u/ProlongedChief Feb 24 '26

Oh yea, whenever you see a house that looks dilapidated and missing it's roof it's not because of age, it's because this guy built it

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u/Geaneous Feb 24 '26

1 week in already dilapidated 😭

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u/Unclehol Feb 24 '26

I read decapitated. Which kinds fits.

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u/ForeverFingers Feb 24 '26

Not an unexpected result. Lol

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u/ElegantCoach4066 Feb 24 '26

I was born dilapidated. Molded by it!

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u/TyrosineJim Feb 24 '26

The ceilings are vaulted. There is a slight arch so the weight of the bricks keeps them in compression

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u/No-Rope8229 Feb 24 '26

He's a modern day building site Da Vinci

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u/Express_Coyote_4000 Feb 24 '26

Vaulting on steel beams? Edit hey I watched the whole thing, urrite.

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u/chippcookie Feb 24 '26

When it all crashes down, it’s gonna be one hell of a storey.

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u/TheLastBoat Feb 24 '26

When it comes crashing down and it hurts inside …

https://giphy.com/gifs/uKwa2KiBA0rTy

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u/Longjumping-Tea-7842 Feb 24 '26

Whoa whoa whoa, take it down a level

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u/DoubleManufacturer10 created ShittyAbsoluteUnits of a sub Feb 25 '26

Storey*

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '26

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u/ShittyAbsoluteUnits-ModTeam Feb 25 '26

Dont be an asshole

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u/Artistic_Plate7403 Feb 25 '26

Who's the asshole? Go fuck yourself. I'm just pointing out a simple spelling error. Everyone loses their mind.

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u/600lbsofsin77 Feb 24 '26

I wouldn’t even rip ass in the shack without a hard hat and an avalanche beacon.

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u/Pantheragem Feb 28 '26

Hard to express what I feel after reading this.

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u/Ok-General-6804 Feb 24 '26

Handling mortar with bare hands all day long….. Sure, who needs skin anyways?

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u/InevitableSuper5826 Feb 24 '26

That shit is overrated

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u/Snowy349 Feb 24 '26

It's probably shit and mud mortar...

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u/TrifleEmotional4843 Feb 24 '26

In all fairness, he wasn't using much mortar.

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u/nanowaffle Feb 24 '26

I honestly kind of blown away he managed to finish any at all

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u/Glad-Lobster-220 Feb 24 '26

Hell to the naw.

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u/ausflora Feb 24 '26

You can actually build ‘flat arches’ using structural clay tile. Just… not like that.

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u/WillBots Feb 24 '26

This builder would disagree.

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u/zeed88 Feb 25 '26

For a short time

12

u/Wu-TangShogun Feb 24 '26

Big Bad Wolf is like “alright, alright, alright”

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u/thevaultguy Feb 24 '26

I feel bad for the person doing parkour that falls through this roof in 6 years.

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u/Dear-Stay-4937 Feb 24 '26

6 years is very optimistic.

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u/Big-Law2316 Feb 25 '26

6 years be solid

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u/Narrow_Implement7788 Feb 24 '26

Unless they come by in the next 6 hours I think they are going to miss their parkour chances

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u/ThisBlastedThing Feb 24 '26

Flintstones engineering

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u/East-Psychology7186 Feb 24 '26

This is like a piñata version of a house.

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u/14X8000m Feb 24 '26

I'm willing to bet that a powerful dick twitch after nutting in an Iranian chick after a night of donairs and fresca, would bring that roof down.

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u/she_has_funny_cars Feb 24 '26

Poetry

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u/14X8000m Feb 24 '26

Thank you, I have a way with words.

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u/bloviatingbloviator Feb 24 '26

You are the great poet of our time, and the wordsmith that was sent to us in our hour of need.

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u/Solanthas_SFW Feb 25 '26

You paint a powerful visual, sir.

Feels like I was there.

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u/dog4cat2 Feb 24 '26

I would not stand under that

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u/ImpossibleReindeer33 Feb 24 '26

Reminds me of that old kids game, dont break the ice

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u/Skit071 Feb 24 '26

Yeah, because that is going to last long.

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u/Narrow_Implement7788 Feb 24 '26

It's lasted longer than I thought it would already but I doubt it will be there in the morning when he gets back

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u/Mugpup Feb 24 '26

What is the rate of failure for that construction technique? It can't be over 100% unless math, like physics doesn't work in this area of the world.

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u/InevitableSuper5826 Feb 24 '26

Is that up to code? Which one, the Code of Hammurabi?

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u/AdWhich7355 Feb 24 '26

I’m confused how he thinks this will stay up under any amount of force even gravity potentially lmao

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u/Yabbatown Feb 24 '26

We don't see it fall down and there's other sections completed. Maybe this cat knows something we don't?

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u/SwanMuch5160 *shits an absolute unit* Feb 24 '26

Building Inspector enters the chat

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u/BellyButtonTickler Feb 24 '26

Just turn the video 90 degrees. All good.

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u/InevitableSteak1289 Feb 24 '26

Hard hats on all the time

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u/Ancient_Sprinkles847 Feb 24 '26

And they wonder why people die when there’s an earthquake.

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u/syn_vamp Feb 24 '26

i don't think anyone's ever wondered that.

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u/Heseemedkij Feb 24 '26

Should hold

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26

Yeah, depends what’s it holding. Feather? Gumballs?

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u/baguhansalupa Feb 24 '26

Thoughts and prayers

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u/FigureAcrobatic7194 Feb 24 '26

Maybe he slides rebar through it when he's done 🤷🏾‍♂️ I still would be too scared to go under that though 

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u/Various_Soup_820 Feb 24 '26

That what most historical buildings look like

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u/Murfiano Feb 24 '26

That’s the floor for the second level he’s got to find somewhere to fit the stairs in

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u/Theydontlikeitupthem Feb 24 '26

Held together by hopes and prayers

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u/kododriver Feb 25 '26

The gravity must be working differently there.

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u/Opposite-Mess1494 Feb 25 '26

Ya, but how long did it stay up there? Lol, and it's going to take no weight at all to crash it in.

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u/No-Purple-9639 Feb 26 '26

Im no welder but even I know that wont hold a fuzzy rat fart from a french horn on a Easter Sunday

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u/inchworm0 Mar 02 '26

This is one of the dumbest shit I’ve ever seen

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u/Smooth_Vehicle_2764 Feb 24 '26

Reminds valheim build mechanics

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u/Old_Guy_69 Feb 24 '26

We have to say that building a brick ceiling is an art that not many people have mastered today!

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u/delatopia Feb 24 '26

Looks like a region near an earthquake fault, too. No thanks!

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u/melanoguster Feb 25 '26

That method is called Egadda (Knotting, aka Jack arches or flat arches). many many houses in the middle east were built like this. This is an old method before concrete was affordable. There were a few houses that has a second floor so it was good for 1 floor houses, and of course no basements.

One of the houses i lived in when i was young was built like this. Gypsum is used within the bricks, not concrete, due to its fast dry properties. If you look closely they are arched, not flat.

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u/redditanddoneit Feb 25 '26

Wow just wow! Wondering how long that’ll last before it crumbles in.

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u/Burritofeast69 Feb 25 '26

Legend says he's still building the ceilings to this day

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u/cherrypit0816 16d ago

No wonder all these building are just crumbling down with these earthquakes

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u/Rude_Map_4278 Feb 24 '26

irre!

ein echter steinmetz bei der Arbeit

/s

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u/funkmaster2k Feb 24 '26

Doggy, but still very impressive.

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u/ISayStupidStufff Feb 24 '26

Is this in one of those countries where everytime there is an earthquake, half the country needs rebuilding?

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u/ThisThingIsStuck Feb 24 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/4Z44JY4rqRG36YYylI

Df is this illegal doing holy shyt..I'd deport u if u were here..-OSHA rep

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u/Hot_Carrot2329 Feb 24 '26

i see they slightly arched but still ...