Comments on: Top 40 Funniest Construction Mistakes

By: Fillup40

Fillup40 — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 03:21:13 +0000

Thats a roit.

By: Cyril

Cyril — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:40:54 +0000

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By: ankit

ankit — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:30:10 +0000

this beautifull image

By: Georgia

Georgia — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 04:39:11 +0000

The railway track one is CLEARLY earthquake damage.

By: Apnataunsa

Apnataunsa — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 11:09:23 +0000

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By: Adrian

Adrian — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 22:07:36 +0000

I think this the 12th pic, the pic of the house with the power pole in the middle of the drive way, that pic has been around the world in many emails etc as a magor stuff up. I actually live up the road from this house. its a newish area, the house was built before the power pole was installed. someone stuffed up i mean why not plan ahead and have a mirror image of the house drawn up if the pole had to be there. or move the pole. I can assure everyone now that about 12 months ago the pole was moved from their driveway HAHA, the house got sold cheap as it was STUPID, then the new owner paid tens of thousands 30 somthing grand comes to mind but you all know how rumers are.

If interested i can supply a pic of the relocated pole lol… just found it funny that searching for funny stuff i found a pic of a location 5 mins from me

By: Ptorq

Ptorq — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 21:10:27 +0000

@Andy Frogman: I think you’re spot on for most of these; they’re funny to look at, but not all of them are clearly “construction” mistakes.

#2: Looks like a construction mistake. Whoever built this seems to have forgotten that trees grow thicker, not just taller, over time. (MAYBE it’s a fake tree, in which case it’s just weird.)

#16: That doesn’t look like a road to me. If it’s a walkway, or a bike path, it’s … okay, it’s still KIND of dumb, but not as much as if it were a road.

#23: MIGHT be for symmetry: “Okay, we need a utility room just here, and obviously we don’t want to put a window in, but we’d like to have it not look like there’s a balcony missing.”

#31: At Iowa State University they expanded the library. The old library had 7 floors in which basketball players had to watch their heads. The new section was the same overall height but had only 5 floors (counting the basement). There were some… let’s say “peculiarities” in the connections between the two. This looks like that in progress, though going to the trouble to finish a wall you’re planning to hide behind stairs is pretty stupid. I can’t figure out that radiator (?) either.

#32: At a guess they took out a balcony/walkway and want to leave their options open to put it back. This happened in my middle school auditorium for a couple of years; eventually the door got reused for access to a utility room/speaker system/stage lighting.

#38 (you have 39, but I don’t see your 38): That toilet looks much, much newer than the surroundings and even still has a label on it. I could believe that the installers just needed someplace to store it temporarily while they got the plumbing ready, or alternatively that it USED to be a shower, and NOW it’s a toilet, and let’s just leave the showerhead because it’s easier than taking it out.