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The day a simple threshold turned into a four hour puzzle
Had a job in a 1920s house where the homeowner wanted a wood transition between the new kitchen tile and the old oak floor. The gap was this weird angle, not 90 degrees, maybe 87 or something. I figured I'd just cut the piece to fit, no big deal. I must have measured and recut that stupid piece of oak eight times, each one just a hair off. My miter saw was set perfect, but the old floors were so out of square it threw everything. What should have been a 20 minute task took me almost four hours. Ended up having to scribe the profile with a pencil and sand it down by hand for a perfect fit. Anyone else run into a threshold from hell that just wouldn't cooperate?
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tylerlane4mo ago
Man, I felt that "eight times" question from jade_miller62 right in my soul. By cut number six I was literally talking to the piece of wood, like "Please buddy, just this one time, fit right." I had my saw set to 87 degrees, checked it four times on the digital gauge, but those old floors just laughed at my precision. The homeowner came by around hour three and I just said "It's developing character" while sweating through my shirt.
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wesley786mo ago
I read that old houses settle in weird ways, making nothing truly square. That scribe and sand method is often the only fix.
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