If You Don’t Bolt Them Down, Walls Are Prone To Wander
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Favorite Comment: Fixer AKA Mr. Bill says, “It looks like too many people have figured out how to pronounce the word for Friend in Elvish.”
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this is the foundation of a 105 story building… better hope it holds…
The picture deserves a “Why”
And monkey’s comment deserves an “Oh God”
Torture room exposed!
Room torture room that is.
He seems to be about a half yard short of completely hiding his mother-in-law….
The makings of an S & M dungeon?
Nobody will steal his bike lock!
Way to go Batman, now a) no one will know where the Batcave is, and b) those punks will stop breaking into it.
My first thought was “For the love of God, Montressor!”
Literary reference win!
yeah, Montessor last security resource.
WIN. Nobody stole the wall, right?
yup, clearly a win ^^
This really defies all logic. Can anyone explain?
Preventing tectonic movements from tearing the wall apart?
I assume the chain used to be wrapped around something?
Sloth’s neck?
Whatever it is, it appears to be missing. Fail!
shimmer its not missing its IN the wall…
The chain is clean and the padlock looks functional. Had they just walled over something, the chain would be all messed up in cement. Someone meant this to be this way. Which leads us to stringman’s post below.
Definitely had something there that the chain was holding together, my guess some sort of piping. not a kludge, just leftover remnants.
It’s not actually that complicated. Tanks of high-pressure gas (acetylene, oxygen, etc. etc.) MUST be secured so they can’t fall over (because they turn into missiles if they fall and break off the valve). I see the chain-to-the-wall arrangement lots of places in our engineering center.
It can only be a very narrow cylinder if it is going to be on this side of the wall (and there is no need for a padlock if it is going to be on the other side). Yours is by far the explanation that makes the most sense (or any sense for that matter) but I am still puzzled by the implementation. Are the ends of that chain tied to rebar? one piece going in and out? (and my apologies to all for being sensible and logical about this)
My guess, based upon what Stingman said, is that the chain doesn’t wrap around the cylinder (requiring that the cylinder be narrow) but maybe is locked to a hook on the cylinder. Not sure, but that would be my guess
Put the lock on the *very end* of the chains instead of where it is in the picture, and it should be plenty long enough. Gas cylinders are only like 10″ or so in diameter.
Thanks stringman, for tying up the loose ends for us without getting knotty.
Don’t open the lock *ever* – or you may trigger a chain reaction!
I do believe that you have beaten Dono1 to the PUNch on this one. Bravo!!
i gibs pwops 2 u’s
*blushes* thanks for the laurels…
The photo was taken on the street in a residential area, so no high pressure tanks nor makes any sense at all.
I disagree; this is a wall. Look at how the lock, links, et al. are hanging by the force of gravity. This clever kludge is probably meant to secure a moveable object like a pushcart or transportation, once the lock is secured through the end links. It would help to see how close to the ground this is.
I think you are being a tad too literal. I believe he meant that it was on a wall he saw walking down the street, so no engineering facility needing exotic gas tanks. Just whatever you need to chain down in the street. Vending cart/rack? Lamp post that hasn’t been threaded through balcony floors?
Good point, Daniel.
Residential area, huh? I guess that rules out the possibility that this could be a grocery store chain.
Yet another classic misinterpretation of the term “steel reinforced concrete.” We may need to add an entry to the Kludge Cloud. .-)
Now nobody is take my wall again!
@user0
“The photo was taken on the street in a residential area…”
So it’s a pad lock.
It looks like too many people have figured out how to pronounce the word for Friend in Elvish.
So… anybody know the elvish word for lock?
This is taking the “gas station bathroom key security” concept a little too far.
Everyone assumes that this is to keep the wall secure. But what if it’s to keep the chain secure? What better way to keep someone from stealing your best chain than embedding it into the wall?
Melting it into a manhole cover and covering it in asphalt?
yeah baby
Looks to me like the chain was holding the two pieces of concrete in place while the foam in between hardened.
Clever comment:
…And now, Houdini wall will attempt to escape before the wrecking ball hits!
This chain really ties the room together nicely
win!
Lock your bike for $10.
If I saw this in person, I would be tempted to take a sledge hammer and steal the wall!
If only the little Dutch boy had access to a masterlock.
Where’s My Pet Monster!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
What they don’t show you is the other side of the wall where Saw XIII is being filmed.
Classic.
It’s just an old picture.. this was actually an attempt to reserve a section of the Berlin wall.
Thank goodness someone came up with something so practical!
It hides the bodies, and if you have no bodies, it’ll keep those darn thieves from stealing your wall again!
My bike! Not again…
The ‘after’ for this http://thereifixedit.com/2009/11/03/break-window-to-lock-door/#comments
The lock is “choked up” on the chain, but if it were fastened at the very ends of the chains you see, it looks to me like it could easily fit all the way around a gas cylinder … or, as suggested, a cart or anything else that needs to be secured but removable.
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Like that little lock would keep a wizard out? C’mon
Nope, it won’t keep them out. It will just warn them before they attempt to go in. What you don’t see further to the right: A disclaimer stating “Enter at your own risk”
Is this some kind of collapse protection in case of earthquakes?
No walls were hurt in the making of this kludge.
I think it is the lock-out safety device for the Stairway to Heaven.
actually, a bike locking spot, methinks.
surprised nobody’s mentioned how the chains look like they’re holding down a sexy set of hips, thrust out to the viewer’s right, with a muscular leg and knee up a little. hottest water stain i ever did see…