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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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wesley78
wesley7817d 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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jade_miller62
Eight times and it still wouldn't fit?
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