That can’t be safe! Shocking snaps capture the horrifying building fails seen during structural inspections – including a car jack holding up part of a house

  • California-based firm revealed bizarre fails found during structural inspections 
  • Range from cracked structure being ‘fixed’ with tape to dangerous sloping floor
  • Alpha Structural, Inc’s snaps also include a car jack holding up part of a home 

By Jessica Green For Mailonline

Published: 07:59 GMT, 16 March 2020 | Updated: 14:35 GMT, 16 March 2020

While we would all like to hope the buildings in our neighborhoods are structurally sound, these photographs prove that’s not always the case. 

California-based firm Alpha Structural, Inc, a structural inspection firm, has shared snaps of some of the most bizarre and outrageously dangerous fails spotted during their checks.

Among the shocking images, collated in an online gallery by Bored Panda, include everything from a bird left in cement to a cracked structure being ‘fixed’ with tape.

Elsewhere, there is a pipe running straight through a beam, a sloping floor and a car jack holding up part of a home. 

That can't be secure! Alpha Structural, Inc branded this fail one of the funniest and laziest things they've come across after a plumber drilled a hole right through a post to make way for some pipes in California

That can’t be secure! Alpha Structural, Inc branded this fail one of the funniest and laziest things they’ve come across after a plumber drilled a hole right through a post to make way for some pipes in California

DIY job! One clueless homeowner from the US thought wrapping this cracked concrete column with duct tape would be a good solution

DIY job! One clueless homeowner from the US thought wrapping this cracked concrete column with duct tape would be a good solution

DIY job! One clueless homeowner from the US thought wrapping this cracked concrete column with duct tape would be a good solution

Hit a brick wall! This wall peaked concern in the structural inspectors due to its dangerous slanted position

Hit a brick wall! This wall peaked concern in the structural inspectors due to its dangerous slanted position

Hit a brick wall! This wall peaked concern in the structural inspectors due to its dangerous slanted position

Real-life Jenga! This home in Palos Verdes Peninsula was bizarrely held up with blocks of wood stacked on top of one another...and in rather precarious positions

Real-life Jenga! This home in Palos Verdes Peninsula was bizarrely held up with blocks of wood stacked on top of one another...and in rather precarious positions

Real-life Jenga! This home in Palos Verdes Peninsula was bizarrely held up with blocks of wood stacked on top of one another…and in rather precarious positions

Pushing boundaries! Another slanted wall concerned the structural inspectors when they visited a California home as it appeared to be coming away from the rest of the structure

Pushing boundaries! Another slanted wall concerned the structural inspectors when they visited a California home as it appeared to be coming away from the rest of the structure

Pushing boundaries! Another slanted wall concerned the structural inspectors when they visited a California home as it appeared to be coming away from the rest of the structure

Sticky situation! This bird unfortunately found itself stuck in the cement of a building in America after getting tangled in some wires

Sticky situation! This bird unfortunately found itself stuck in the cement of a building in America after getting tangled in some wires

Sticky situation! This bird unfortunately found itself stuck in the cement of a building in America after getting tangled in some wires

Derek Marier from Alpha Structural, Inc said this was 'the craziest sloping floors that we've seen', effecting the levelness of the lamp, desk and drawers

Derek Marier from Alpha Structural, Inc said this was 'the craziest sloping floors that we've seen', effecting the levelness of the lamp, desk and drawers

Derek Marier from Alpha Structural, Inc said this was ‘the craziest sloping floors that we’ve seen’, effecting the levelness of the lamp, desk and drawers

That can't be right? Another home, in the US, had a problem with sloping rooms as the right side of the property seemed to slant down compared to the rest of the property

That can't be right? Another home, in the US, had a problem with sloping rooms as the right side of the property seemed to slant down compared to the rest of the property

That can’t be right? Another home, in the US, had a problem with sloping rooms as the right side of the property seemed to slant down compared to the rest of the property

Jack of all trades! Another American homeowner decided to keep part of his house up with a car jack - a tool usually reserved for lifting up broken vehicles for a short amount of time

Jack of all trades! Another American homeowner decided to keep part of his house up with a car jack - a tool usually reserved for lifting up broken vehicles for a short amount of time

Jack of all trades! Another American homeowner decided to keep part of his house up with a car jack – a tool usually reserved for lifting up broken vehicles for a short amount of time

It's like banging heads against a brick wall! The structural experts shared a snap of yet another leaning brick wall, situated in LA

It's like banging heads against a brick wall! The structural experts shared a snap of yet another leaning brick wall, situated in LA

It’s like banging heads against a brick wall! The structural experts shared a snap of yet another leaning brick wall, situated in LA

Building bridges! This one can be seen being precariously held up by some wooden poles in an undisclosed area of California

Building bridges! This one can be seen being precariously held up by some wooden poles in an undisclosed area of California

Building bridges! This one can be seen being precariously held up by some wooden poles in an undisclosed area of California

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