Pulled a whole board down wrong in a tight closet today

I was working on a walk-in closet in a house off 14th street in Portland, hitting the last corner piece, and I forgot to check my laser line. The board was off by nearly 2 inches at the top corner, so I had to yank it down and trim it with a rasp. Spent an extra 20 minutes fixing it, but the final fit was clean. How do you guys handle those small awkward spaces without losing your cool?

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the_max4d ago

Man that's the kind of mistake that sticks with you all day. It's funny how one tiny thing like forgetting to double check a line can snowball into a whole extra headache, kind of like when you're driving and miss a turn by one block and suddenly you're stuck in traffic for 20 minutes. The trick is just taking that breath and accepting the extra time before you even start swearing at the board.

finley_bennett284d ago

2 inches off? Man that is brutal. In a tight closet too, that extra 20 minutes must have felt like an hour. I bet you were questioning every decision you made that led up to that moment. I've definitely been there where you're so close to done and BAM, you gotta rip it all back apart. Small spaces test your patience in a whole different way, no room to swing a hammer or even breathe half the time.