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This old guy in a Spokane stairwell told me to always cut my tack strip with the groove facing the wall, not the floor.

He said he'd been installing since the 70s and that little trick keeps the strip from splitting when you hammer it, which saved my knuckles on a tricky landing job just yesterday.
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jessesingh
That old guy's advice from the 70s just saved your knuckles, so I guess we're all taking stairwell wisdom now.
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ray_patel27
Remember my grandpa showing me how to open a stuck jar with hot water.
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