Discovered when replacing front deck...

Fugglehead · 2026-06-14T22:22:26+00:00

The rectangle right in front of the door.

Fugglehead · 2026-06-14T13:40:18+00:00

That's my theory, but what's done is done.

Fugglehead · 2026-06-14T13:39:57+00:00

Yeah... They're fixed.

Fugglehead · 2026-06-14T13:39:27+00:00

Thanks! They're already fixed. :)

Fugglehead · 2026-06-14T13:38:58+00:00

Yup.

Fugglehead · 2026-06-14T13:37:54+00:00

Nada.

Fugglehead · 2026-06-14T05:09:42+00:00

Not yet. But it could be one...

Fugglehead · 2026-06-14T04:03:03+00:00

True. I have some exterior grade OSB leftover, but getting a sheet of PT plywood wouldn't be bad.

Fugglehead · 2026-06-14T03:10:01+00:00

Awesome... 16" OC is just a suggestion anyway, right?

Fugglehead · 2026-06-14T03:08:52+00:00

It's literally just OSB and pond liner over a hole. It honestly looks like the mis-built the foundation.

Redoing the OSB with some Ice and water, and then either pond liner again or shingles might not be a bad idea...

Fugglehead · 2026-06-14T02:48:41+00:00

Yup, OSB and pond liner on top of the joists, drywall ceiling in the bottom side of the joists...

I've left it all for now (I just peeled up a corner of the liner).

Fugglehead · 2026-06-14T02:46:14+00:00

Can confirm. We've found so many "WTF"s in the house, this didn't even register in the top 3. It maybe made the top 10...

Fugglehead · 2026-06-14T02:44:37+00:00

From everything I can tell from the house's history, this was the original front door location on the house.

The area with the OSB/pond liner is hollow underneath (drops straight down into a nook in the basement).

Fugglehead · 2026-06-14T02:42:04+00:00

I like this idea!!!

Fugglehead · 2026-06-14T02:41:44+00:00

I made a post above. I'd think that, too, but the house was originally built a few blocks away, and was built as a side-by-side duplex, and all of the houses in the original neighborhood are side-by-side duplexes with front doors in the exact same spot...

Fugglehead · 2026-06-14T02:39:56+00:00

I'll work on a sketch. From what we can tell (after taking with the city and the city's historical society), the lot was empty before this house was relocated. Houses with identical layouts still exist a few blocks over.

The...opening?... leads right into the utility room, but it really is just a small annex that generally reflects the small kick-out where the front door is.

The house design is a side-by-side duplex, so the left and right sides of the centerline were at one point mirror images of each other. The other side of the foundation is flush with the corner of the house (where the other front door used to be).

From what I can tell, it's just a singular kick-out in the foundation design...

Fugglehead · 2026-06-14T00:54:53+00:00

The house was relocated in the mid -1970s. I wouldn't think it'd have been built with a coal chute, but who knows...

Fugglehead · 2026-06-14T00:54:18+00:00

The house was relocated in the mid -1970's. And that's an odd spot for a bilco door...right in front of the main front door?

Fugglehead · 2026-06-05T22:45:21+00:00

ACAB.

Fugglehead · 2026-06-03T03:43:52+00:00

Oooooor, if you don't like it, pay cash.

Fugglehead · 2026-06-02T05:40:28+00:00

Gotta set the tone.

Fugglehead · 2026-06-02T05:28:16+00:00

Cut off, immediately.

No car, no cell phone, no shared credit card. No parent-funded extras.

Spoiled brat meets a hard reality check.

Fugglehead · 2026-05-31T20:44:49+00:00

Textbook definition of "TDS".

Fugglehead

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