Topic 'Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway!' in forum 'Home Improvement' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20695270 en Thu, 23 May 2013 22:33:28 EDT Thu, 23 May 2013 22:33:28 EDT Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20764359 But these developed housing projects should be better designed than what these photos show.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20764359 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:09:38 EDT Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20761490 said by Anonymous Coward :

there's a unique tree that lines up in the original and the second pictures... looks kinda like a light green sail. The third picture, however, is completely different;
It is different, so what are you getting at? I don't believe anyone meant it to be the same houses as the first two...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20761490 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:52:16 EDT Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20761024
Form and pour some walls below the existing garage, make THAT the new garage, and use the existing garage as living space.

Ta-da!

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Some folks who are victims of that midwest flooding might be going, "Hmmmm."
"...that just might work!" :p

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I'd like to know where maxpower got his/her photos from?

I made them myself with mspaint. Photshop is way too hard and $$$ to use.

I joke, I got them from another website. It was a while ago so I couldn't tell you exactly which one. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20760891 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:57:55 EDT Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20759544 said by 61999674:

I have a comment about the house design .. What drugs were house designers on when they thought having the garage as the focal point of the house was a good idea ??? I see a lot of this.
This happened as the car became king. I live in a 1910's neighborhood, and all the garages are in the back. You can see them coming to the front in the 40's and 50's. That's what people wanted. You didn't want to drive your car all the way to the back of your house. It uses up a 8' wide piece of land all down the side of your house.
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there's a unique tree that lines up in the original and the second pictures... looks kinda like a light green sail. The third picture, however, is completely different; notably, a two-car garage instead of a three-car, the house on the left, the bare tree on the left (in the second picture, the trunk splits in two), and the grass growing in on the left side. We are at least dealing with 2 different houses, photoshopped or no. I'd like to know where maxpower got his/her photos from?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20756176 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:10:29 EDT Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20716128 said by james1:

I could see your point if I posted with terms like "pixelation" and "colour curves", but saying that the picture was made out of pixels was about as silly and obvious as I could get!

Hell, I would have believed anything you posted!! You said you had an expert opinion, so I was ready to learn. That's how truly dumb I am about digital stuff....

And yeah, I gotta hand it to you for putting one back on the other "experts".

:D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20716128 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:42:45 EDT Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20715524 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20715524 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:24:20 EDT Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20715477 --
Female monkeys often utter loud, distinctive calls before, during or after sex..]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20715477 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:05:13 EDT Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20715476
Beautiful media center and 3 car garage, neat view.

That driveway though is a killer.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20715476 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:04:55 EDT Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20715398
I could see your point if I posted with terms like "pixelation" and "colour curves", but saying that the picture was made out of pixels was about as silly and obvious as I could get!

Just say you were tired when you read it and laugh. :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20715398 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:12:33 EDT Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20715207 --
If you have to ask, you wouldn't understand.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20715207 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:37:51 EDT Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20715114 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20715114 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:06:42 EDT Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20713447 said by james1:

lol, priceless.
If you're going to *post* like an expert, at least put in a smiley so us dumb assess will know you're just a troll guy making fun of the real trolls...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20713447 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:12:09 EDT Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20712634 said by mattmag:

OK, please educate the uneducated here; What digital photograph *isn't* made up of a large number of pixels?
lol, priceless.

I think your joke-o-meter is broken.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20712634 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:54:31 EDT Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20710166 In real life many houses built in Atlanta GA look similar, including the driveways.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20710166 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:49:42 EDT Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20710033
In the photo the level area in front of the garage was eliminated, to keep the driveway slope slightly less steep. And the car will scrape its undercarriage at the garage entrance, and will bang bumpers at the sidewalk.

Once the house and road are built at those elevations, it's not a problem with a good solution. The garage floor needs to be lower, probably several feet. That's pretty costly for a house that's mostly built.

Another problem that happens is the reverse of this, where the slope is downhill from the road to the house. Once in awhile a builder forgets to have the driveway level out, tilt slightly to one side, and begin going uphill into the garage. When this is forgotten the water runs off the street, down the drive, and into the garage. I actually saw photos of a house near here get the back wall of their garage blown out by water that way.

The ground around the houses in the picture looks very built-up. It may be raised above a flood plain level, although that would leave the road under water in a flood so I doubt that's the case. I'm thinking a builder sold houses with walkout basements, and found out later (rather than knowing up front as they should have) that the lots were not suited for walkouts in the rear.
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I zoomed in and saw that the so called photograph is in fact made up of a large number of pixels. In my expert opinion this means it has been photoshopped.
OK, please educate the uneducated here; What digital photograph *isn't* made up of a large number of pixels?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20709949 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:54:18 EDT Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20709500 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20709500 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:26:47 EDT Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20708816
»findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_q···ody;col1

Heres the houses to the authors post
»leenks.com/gallery499.htm

:D :D :D :D :D
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I zoomed in and saw that the so called photograph is in fact made up of a large number of pixels. In my expert opinion this means it has been photoshopped.
I too noticed mipmap interpolation in sector 7, clearly indicating the photo had been photoshopped.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20708807 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:03:05 EDT Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20707710 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20707710 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:17:49 EDT Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20706477 said by Anonymous_:

FTW
The realtor says, "this house has its garage in the second floor. To park your car, simply launch your car over that slab over there. Simple."
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Now typed solely on DSK (Dvorak Simplified Keyboard).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20699512 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:32:58 EDT Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20699173 said by ninjatutle:

If this is real, where is the photo of the completed project? This photo is over 3 years old. Someone by now must have snapped one. Or maybe even a street name. We could possibly use google street view.
Here's a starting point if you want to try to find it with street view, »www.kogarah.nsw.gov.au/www/html/···tion.asp.

Good luck. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20699173 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:20:29 EDT Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20699129 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20699129 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:11:04 EDT Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20699028 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20699028 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:52:41 EDT Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20698945 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20698945 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:38:10 EDT Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20698607 said by Anonymous_:

said by TODarling:

I sure would have liked to watch them pour that driveway. Got to be photoshopped.
not an issuse if it's thick

or an premolded slab
It is not an issue even when poured in place, whihc that has to be. It is done all the time. Just use a concrete mix that is a little stiffer than usual and start at the top. (otherwise it will slide down into the rest of what is there)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20698607 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:33:18 EDT Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20698554 said by TODarling:

I sure would have liked to watch them pour that driveway. Got to be photoshopped.
not an issuse if it's thick

or an premolded slab]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20698554 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:23:44 EDT Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20697666 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20697666 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:33:49 EDT Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20697365 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20697365 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:38:28 EDT Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20697353
The only thing I can think of is dig the garage down deep and have steps inside the garage up into the house.

With that grade, getting vehicles in and out of the garage *safely* will be a real pain.
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Makes you wonder if perhaps it is in a flood plain, and that was the only way they were permitted to build...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20697263 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:18:21 EDT Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20697081 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20697081 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:45:32 EDT Re: Somethings wrong with my new driveway! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Somethings-wrong-with-my-new-driveway-20696756

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