Most likely a storm or domestic riser coming up from the underground system with a massive leak inside a chase wall/false column. Pop the tile, cut the wall open and shut down the domestic if that’s what it is, or wait for a non rainy day to repair the storm riser. The repair to the plumbing system shouldn’t be major. It always looks worse than it is. If it’s a waterproofing issue, then good luck, because that’s always worse than it looks.
The marble slabs are just decorative surfaces. They are being held in place to the actual pillar with brackets, so there's empty space between the marble and the concrete inside. Water leaks from the top, accumulates at the base of the pillar and jets out through the seams. It's normal and common construction technique in Asia.
Tofu dreg buildings in China are oftentimes built with styrofoam, rebar and cement. My assumption would be water got into the styrofoam, collected at the bottom and cracked the cement
I am pretty alarmed by China's construction habits. They skim so much on critical structure material.
They use the wrong sand for concrete, or use half the concrete needed, or no concrete at all. Rebar is low quality, mostly made of lead. Their insulation is often the most harmful stuff banned by the UN for either air quality or ozone depletion. I am not even sure if their paint is not led based some projects.
Lead is the least of your worries with building materials sourced from China. The extreme corner cutting happens on every level. Like the wrong sand bit. Each step from raw material to finished building to financing to the final sale and the banks that handle every transaction along the way. It's fraud all the way through. The only thing real in China is the money from foreign investors that keeps their economy afloat. It's all one government back nation wide pyramid scheme.
I actually do worry about the lead because even if you get solid concrete, the lead rebar can be bent with your hands, and they are sticking that low quality rebar in a high rise.
And yes. Foreign investment and cooking their books is what China is currently all about.
Yeah that seems most likely. I had a client with their gutter drains routed through their walls (in a house with a standard shingle roof and still very visible gutters - not sure their reasoning for the concealed downspouts) - the very first winter after install we had a freeze and the downspout burst open in their wall. Their wall cavities filled just like this, ended up bursting through the sheetrock in both upper floors and their daylight basement. Water don't mess around.
Unfortunately they had mostly cleaned it up before I saw it, but they had to fully replace the framing, sheathing, drywall (most obviously), and flooring for that entire side of the house - so much rot. ALSO - they opted to still keep the stupid concealed gutters! Added a heating coil set-up to keep all the water above freezing in the pipes. I just can't wrap my head around some people's logic.
PowerPedant
Water column.
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
So the building has a water feature? Some people pay good money for that!
HeShallKnowYourWaysAsIfBornToThem
China
trinxter
Funny as hell when the marble slabs peel off.
hydrocarbon82
Co-worker had a leak in his basement wall that 'peed' straight out into his floor drain. He was torn about repairing it.
Skizmo
tofu dreg
UsernameMayBeSubjectToChange
My building's not on fire, it's on water
GeorgeCostabaplaps
China you say?
AveryverySadBear
Dam...
voltus
Tofu dreg?
taurondir
Mmmmm sweet sweet Concrete Column Juice. Freshly squeezed.
Jayboots
Weird looking evestrough downspout.
superdinglebudgie
eyesoftheearth
Tired of being pissed on.
defrostedtauntaun
Looks like that building is being liquidated.
quietwalker
Just slap a koi pond in front of it, get a hose up top so it doesn't stop and call it a feature.
iamthemanwithnoname
Damn it Moses!
MajjieStar
What we need is a building urinal.
taurondir
"This building just peed on me!"
ToasterDent
Are you saying that's the downspout from the building's urinals?
adjacentengels
Is this that water in CA where they just have to turn the huge handle?
yingjun
those facades are often applied very poorly.
Boatsntoes
I saw the problem and immediately knew it was china. I saw an entire escalator installed in one day. Scary shit.
yupzy
Is it meant to do that?
Lolzenbergensteinentenenbaum
Most likely a storm or domestic riser coming up from the underground system with a massive leak inside a chase wall/false column. Pop the tile, cut the wall open and shut down the domestic if that’s what it is, or wait for a non rainy day to repair the storm riser. The repair to the plumbing system shouldn’t be major. It always looks worse than it is. If it’s a waterproofing issue, then good luck, because that’s always worse than it looks.
myusernameisworryingme
China‘s building quality is really something. I saw many many flaws during my time there …
Fulustreka
How do you know it's in China?
Rongeong
I'm not the greatest at differentiating chinese from some other languages, but I think all the shop signs are mostly written in chinese.
Fulustreka
Oh, that's it! Ok.
myusernameisworryingme
Chinese signs above the shops …
DEVAXTATOR
It is made ou of tofu it is just taking in the moisture
RonMimnaugh
who left the tub running
threenotch23
It’s called a pissin pedestal and it’s a one of a kind.
/s
PrinceOfWhales
TheRoyalDong
TheInternetNeedsMoreCats
Man I hate this commercial. I've tried using flex tape to repair pond liner and that shit hates sticking to wet surfaces.
deegeeeeez
The commercial has it on a dry outside of the tank, not submerged it water. I don’t think it’s meant for that
4etherling
Pool patch repair kit is what you need.
FaecalJacksonPollock
WorkLurker
I dunno, looks like it's channeling large volumes of water properly to me.
DAoE
Channeling, yes ... but I feel like it's not supposed to emerge *there*.
NBRI
How does something like this even happen?
TacoPoweredHelicopter
Stuff can break or fail....
PowerPedant
Drainage failure of a flat area at the top (briefly seen in the video), so then the water went between column and cladding. The rest is gravity.
quietwalker
Ancient chinese engineering secret: build everything from chineseium with only surface-level quality. Substandard construction is the new standard.
Ajinxedchef
PobbitBreakers
itsy bitsy spider
dajuan
The marble slabs are just decorative surfaces. They are being held in place to the actual pillar with brackets, so there's empty space between the marble and the concrete inside. Water leaks from the top, accumulates at the base of the pillar and jets out through the seams. It's normal and common construction technique in Asia.
clipboardfuntime
Tofu dreg buildings in China are oftentimes built with styrofoam, rebar and cement. My assumption would be water got into the styrofoam, collected at the bottom and cracked the cement
VictusVonGuyver
I am pretty alarmed by China's construction habits. They skim so much on critical structure material.
They use the wrong sand for concrete, or use half the concrete needed, or no concrete at all. Rebar is low quality, mostly made of lead. Their insulation is often the most harmful stuff banned by the UN for either air quality or ozone depletion. I am not even sure if their paint is not led based some projects.
Asadsadsadclown
Lead is the least of your worries with building materials sourced from China. The extreme corner cutting happens on every level. Like the wrong sand bit. Each step from raw material to finished building to financing to the final sale and the banks that handle every transaction along the way. It's fraud all the way through. The only thing real in China is the money from foreign investors that keeps their economy afloat. It's all one government back nation wide pyramid scheme.
VictusVonGuyver
I actually do worry about the lead because even if you get solid concrete, the lead rebar can be bent with your hands, and they are sticking that low quality rebar in a high rise.
And yes. Foreign investment and cooking their books is what China is currently all about.
zanarchy805
It’s probably a roof drain hidden in the interior. It probably broke or got clogged.
SenorHoward
Yeah that seems most likely. I had a client with their gutter drains routed through their walls (in a house with a standard shingle roof and still very visible gutters - not sure their reasoning for the concealed downspouts) - the very first winter after install we had a freeze and the downspout burst open in their wall. Their wall cavities filled just like this, ended up bursting through the sheetrock in both upper floors and their daylight basement. Water don't mess around.
4etherling
God what I would give for pictures of the fallout.
SenorHoward
Unfortunately they had mostly cleaned it up before I saw it, but they had to fully replace the framing, sheathing, drywall (most obviously), and flooring for that entire side of the house - so much rot. ALSO - they opted to still keep the stupid concealed gutters! Added a heating coil set-up to keep all the water above freezing in the pipes. I just can't wrap my head around some people's logic.