You know, maybe I should go ahead and buy that www.methheadtalk.com domain name. Godaddy says it's available! Sounds like we're pretty much one and the same...
I think I live in a meth lab. Seriously.
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mitch171
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Ya I would have loved to hear the first conversation:
Dude try this I cooked up some bleach, ammonia, threw some kitty litter in there and though what the hell I have a cold and tossed some pseduphed in there. This $hit is the bomb give it a try...
btw I have no idea how to make meth and I don't really understand the process so maybe this doesn't make any sense.
DavidSteel
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Hahaha so much awesome.
Zul'jin
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My wife and I looked at a house once with a Realtor (who was showing us this house that was on her co-worker's sheet, not her's, so she had never seen it) walked in and all said "meth lab".
-Front windows painted over
-Carpet was soft but crunchy and disintegrating, like an old sponge
-Stained walls
-Odd patterns, shapes and nonsense words painted on the walls in day glow colors, glitter and black
-Burn marks all around the gas stove with flames painted over them
-The hard wood floors had corroded looking stains
-It was pier and beam with escape hatches and hiding spaces cut into the floor
-The wood stove was in the carpeted living room sitting on a metal sheet and had all sorts of junk burned in it (including a lot of lighters)
-Spots that shimmered with a crystal like residue on the garage floor
-The place reeked of solvents so bad we could taste them. The air in the house even had a slick feeling
-All the sinks and the tub and the commode were just horrible. Burn marks all along the counters from cigarettes left burning
I offered to buy for 80% of the value of the lot. The Realtor said it was a terrible mistake to even list the place.
It has since been bought. I should go talk to the people who have it just to see.
-Front windows painted over
-Carpet was soft but crunchy and disintegrating, like an old sponge
-Stained walls
-Odd patterns, shapes and nonsense words painted on the walls in day glow colors, glitter and black
-Burn marks all around the gas stove with flames painted over them
-The hard wood floors had corroded looking stains
-It was pier and beam with escape hatches and hiding spaces cut into the floor
-The wood stove was in the carpeted living room sitting on a metal sheet and had all sorts of junk burned in it (including a lot of lighters)
-Spots that shimmered with a crystal like residue on the garage floor
-The place reeked of solvents so bad we could taste them. The air in the house even had a slick feeling
-All the sinks and the tub and the commode were just horrible. Burn marks all along the counters from cigarettes left burning
I offered to buy for 80% of the value of the lot. The Realtor said it was a terrible mistake to even list the place.
It has since been bought. I should go talk to the people who have it just to see.
northernlad
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I would not worry about your nonpermeable items; anything glass or metal. I would consider discarding the beer and wine, anything you use to brew that is plastic or fabric, and all of your clothing, etc.
As far as the insurance, it is probably a fine line. You do buy insurance for "what if" so buying insurance in case your apartment was a meth lab is not inherently fraudulent. However, it is likely nothing would be covered. Thats the way these things go. IE, if you purchase a meth house (and it was possible you were clueless enough to notice) and the city found out they could and would confiscate it and you would be SOL. So I wouldn't get renters insurance in the hopes they would pay up. Remove anything you feel ok about keeping from the house and call the cops and health department yourself. Do it right now. Instant out of the lease and on your way to a new crib.
On second thought, run your test kit. If it comes back positive, take it to the LL and tell him you want out of your lease. If he gives you one second of schit about it, THEN take it to the cops and DOH. It is always better for you if you give your LL the opportunity to remedy the situation before you put the screws to him.
Baja_Brewer
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Has anybody watched Breaking Bad?? I'm not sure its entirely accurate representation of cooking meth, but some of the stuff that goes into it is pretty f'd up
springer
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again insurance will not pay for the confiscation of his property by the health dept. While a renters policy is a good thing for any renter to have its not going to diddly for this situation...
In your senario if your neighbor falls on your steps and he may sue you its ok to put in place a renters or homeowners policy? I don't recommend it . First the claim will be denied and then charges may be filed. This is pre existing condition anyway that the OP is aware of even if not 100% sure it was meth lab
northernlad
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These are not them same scenarios at all.
It is closer to getting health insurance because everyone in your family has had cancer. High risk, but no cancer found yet so its not fraud.
Its a moot point anyway because insurance will not cover his losses.
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Screw THAT! Test the place and if tests show it was a meth lab, get the fook out now!
Life is too short and clothes can be bought cheap at Goodwill if needs be.
Life is too short and clothes can be bought cheap at Goodwill if needs be.
springer
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If you suspected you lived in a meth lab, and bought insurance with the EXPECTATION of incurring losses, I would convict you for intent to defraud if I were on the jury hearing the case. I'm not saying I'm a lawyer either, but it seems pretty clear to me this is over the line. OP might get away with it or he might end up being bubba's *****.
Sorry man, it sucks, but at least you have some good beer to cry into if you get it out.
The apartment will end up being stripped. If the landlord is insured, you contents are probably not covered, but they are still going to owe you liability coverage if you end up getting sick from living there. If he is underinsured or uninsured, your best bet is going to be to file suit.
OP HERE.
Hi. This has turned into a fun discussion.
I received my home test kit in the mail today from a company that was recommended as reliable and reputable. I'll be swabbing walls and sending the samples back in today.
The police department called me back and they are going to provide me with types and dates of any criminal calls at my address. The place is not a known meth lab...the county keeps records of those and I already checked.
I have calmed down considerably. I had myself convinced that this was a methlab, and there's enough probable evidence for me to still be concerned, but really there is nothing conclusive for me to say that I DO live in a former meth house.
Worst case scenario: I have to move over christmas break and lose the apartment that I love in the perfect location. And then me and my girlfriend both get cancer. That's kind of a bummer.
Screw insurance and the people selling it.
Hi. This has turned into a fun discussion.
I received my home test kit in the mail today from a company that was recommended as reliable and reputable. I'll be swabbing walls and sending the samples back in today.
The police department called me back and they are going to provide me with types and dates of any criminal calls at my address. The place is not a known meth lab...the county keeps records of those and I already checked.
I have calmed down considerably. I had myself convinced that this was a methlab, and there's enough probable evidence for me to still be concerned, but really there is nothing conclusive for me to say that I DO live in a former meth house.
Worst case scenario: I have to move over christmas break and lose the apartment that I love in the perfect location. And then me and my girlfriend both get cancer. That's kind of a bummer.
Screw insurance and the people selling it.
springer
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Thank you for the insult ...You are living up to your handle
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1.) Makes you wonder how many people were convinced they live in a Meth lab after seeing the news article.
2.) The people selling insurance aren't the ones at fault. It's the CEO's of the company too cheap to make good on the product they offer.
I do my best.
Didn't actually realize I had an actual insurance agent posting on my thread, sorry. It was nothing personal or really meaningful, more just my flippant way of expressing the fact that I'm not opening a new insurance policy right now.
Amen. Meth labs are extremely dangerous and you basically risk being blown to bits by staying if it is indeed a meth lab.
Rushis
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WHAT?
Maybe, possibly, in an unconfirmed, etheral sort of way the OP's apartment might have been used for the production of illegal compounds. Unless there are barrels of solvent laying around their is very little danger to the OP. It's not like a side product of meth production results in the infusion of C4 into the walls.
OP, the test kit is more of placebo for pananoid than an actual assessment of meth production. Those company only check for the presence of methamphetamines, and any dealer with half brain wouldn't be spraying their "product" on the walls/floors. Unless that building is corroding around you and/or obvious "chemical" smells are present it's highly unlikely your apartment was a meth-den. All of the "signs" you have described are consistent with any number of legitmate hobbies, especially an aquarium enthusiast. I punched holes in the walls of my college apartment to centralize the filtration system for my breeding and show tanks and there were plenty of brown stains on the flooring from water changes.
I would suggest a deep breath and a cold homebrew. Of course, I'm just a schmuck on the internet so take it for what it's worth.
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I didn't bother reading all the posts, but under NORMAL conditons aren't apartments usually fully cleaned and painted prior to anyone new moving in...???
bonzombiekitty
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Only if it's an active meth lab. I don't think there's any danger of an explosion if it's just a former meth lab, which the OP suspects. The concern with a former meth lab is cancer.
GearBeer
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Only if renting from a responsible landlord. :cross:
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bonzombiekitty
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Only if you're lucky. I believe that in most areas, the apartment should be cleaned and the walls should be in decent shape (not necessarily freshly painted). But in my experience, few landlords do this....
Apartment 1: When I showed up to move in, it was like the former tenant never even moved out. There were two girls there before us. One just up and left a month or two prior to move in with her boyfriend and left EVERYTHING behind. The second girl just moved her own stuff out. So my room mate, my mom, and I had to move all their crap outside and totally clean the place. On the plus side, we got various free crap and got some money taken off of rent after arguing with the landlord. But that was a mess.
Apartment 2: Was in decent shape since the previous tenants were living there while they helped the landlord fix the place up.
Apartment 3: Was in very good shape. Landlord there takes excellent care of their properties it seems. Any problem I had was addressed within 24 hours.
Apartment 4: Another mess. The older tenants were moving out as we moved in (we knew we were going to be moving on the same day, but we expected them to be OUT by the time we showed up). Place was a mess, and landlord hired someone to come in and clean & paint. People who did the cleaning & painting did a half ass job and I just got tired of dealing with it.
Apartment 5: Cleanliness wise, in good shape. We had to paint, but we volunteered to.
This LOL'd me.
haha..me too.
TipsyDragon
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ok almost afraid to ask (haven't read all the posts). ARE you or a pimply-faced-snaggle-toothed room mate cooking meth in your apartment? if not then you should have nothing to worry about. the idiot that is actually cooking the meth has the problem. in any case i think its time to think about moving. meth fumes are bad for your brew .... not to mention your health.
Brew-Happy
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If it wasn't a methlab then what was it???
The mystery continues...
I am betting on 12 college friends bunking up in the same house. A mess is a mess.
DavidSteel
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Rename your apt to something awesome now. Maybe not awesome, but I'd call it brew-lab. Yeah, I'm lame.
Scooby_Brew
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Don't swaet it, at least you started a pretty interesting thread
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hey, stop the car. in the pictures on pg 1, the guy just had 50 quarts of heet (methanol for gas to not freeze and solubalize water), paint thinners, and a bunch of schwaggg. there could have been a logical explanation. but of the labs ive seen, it definately was one.
The yellow on the walls is something else...
Ew....
Ew....
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oh crap... some of the sypmtoms of that site apply to brewing.
moddified coolers
chemicals in uncommon places
hidden guns (this is a crosman co2 pellet pistol)
missing/detached smoke detectors
jars of unknown liquids
bi-phasic liquids
moddified coolers
chemicals in uncommon places
hidden guns (this is a crosman co2 pellet pistol)
missing/detached smoke detectors
jars of unknown liquids
bi-phasic liquids
Rushis
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Unless you didn't swab the floor underneath your stove. That's where I would hide methamphetamines.
Glad to see the placebo kit alleviated your fears
StunnedMonkey
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I'm guess I'm glad to hear you're not living in a meth lab, but let's be honest, this was as big of a letdown as this thread.
Yeah, I just read this whole thread with great anticipation. While I'm glad the OP doesn't live in a meth lab (sort of, a little, I guess) I have to admit that it'd be way more entertaining if he did.
Yep. I've been reading through this for awhile myself....just wondering
Jerk, glad it worked out.
All time #1 thread though
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because of this thread, i bought a 42" white lab coat for my brewing work. now i just gotta order the blichmann elbow length gloves.
Rushis
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DIY your own full arm gloves, black garbage, pink kitchen gloves, and duct tape. Gives you more of an authentic meth lab feel.
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oh shux! but im goin for just the "low-rent-lab-feel"
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