Just when I thought I've seen it all.

[zmaxmotorsports]

Every time I think I've seen it all I look up and see something new!

 

[Richard Cranium]

it was too expensive to have the pole moved.

 

[dw1]

Well........ I can honestly say that I have never seen anything like that before

 

[akpingel]

WOW, just WOW...

 

[sberry]

That is creative for sure. He probably didn't have a choice at the time and it looks well finished around it,,, ha

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

You should put this in the wtf blog

 

[coljar]

I wonder if there's a phone up there?

 

[tarmy]

Either somebody didn't get a pole line easement...or some builder didn't bother to check if he was building in an easement...usually the later...

 

[Milton Shaw]

I saw one builders house that he had built around the temp power pole in the middle of his garage. He didn't have to get it inspected until he hooked to power correctly so he never did get inspected and wasn't paying taxes on a completed house. Hole in the concrete and hole in the roof no joke.

 

[yeldogt]

And -- it looks in bad shape

 

[MikeF2316]

I would have thought code would prohibit having live wires over a roof like that. I know firefighters don't like dodging live wires while they're tearing into a roof to put out a fire.

 

[ard]

Good news is that it looks like telco, not power....


I think.

 

[justsam]

Good news is that it looks like telco, not power....


I think.

That is cable TV. The normal order bottom to top is telco, CATV, and power at the highest point. There may well be power on that pole at a higher level that we do not see.

 

[sberry]

I agree, no AC power in the pic, cable and telephone.

 

[justsam]

I agree, no AC power in the pic, cable and telephone.

I don't think there is any phone, as it would be very odd for them to share a messenger, (the steel cable that supports the CATV cable). All I really see is the CATV hardline and some RG6 drops associated with it. No telling what some rural areas may do, as this picture bears witness. I wonder if it is, or was, part of some mom and pop CATV service way back when.

 

[Dragfluid]

I wonder if there's a phone up there?

Probably.
And I'll bet his bedroom closet opens up to the outdoors.

 

[prostreetamx]

At least they could have left the soffit open on the outside in case the pole ever has to be replaced. Pretty tough to remove that pole without damage.

 

[Radix2]

At least they could have left the soffit open on the outside in case the pole ever has to be replaced. Pretty tough to remove that pole without damage.

It looks like the soffit is open, they just have the gutter across the opening..?

zmax- we need a step back picture so we can appreciate the whole thing...

 

[zmaxmotorsports]

I'm working across the street right now,I'll get a,wider angle shot for ya.

 

[zmaxmotorsports]

Here's a better shot of it hopefully.

 

[zmaxmotorsports]

Funny thing is that directly behind the house on the left is the plant where I met my wife 30 years ago when I was home on leave.
So I've got a lot of history in this neighborhood,not to mention all the furnaces and ac's we repaired/installed in this neighborhood over the years.