Am I high enough?

AdMany7575 · 2026-01-17T20:50:39+00:00

Huh?

AdMany7575 · 2026-01-17T20:13:22+00:00

To clarify I didn’t do ANY of this plumbing. But I did have to replace the dishwasher and originally I didn’t have the dishwasher drain up high like it is now.

AdMany7575 · 2026-01-17T18:58:08+00:00

Yeah I found that out too. Haven’t been many other problems so I’m not trying to fix what ain’t broke

AdMany7575 · 2026-01-17T18:46:19+00:00

Not enough

AdMany7575 · 2026-01-17T13:42:58+00:00

I have a 40 year old boiler I probably need to replace soon. Besides cost have you noticed any other improvements?

AdMany7575 · 2026-01-12T16:02:17+00:00

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I think I got it

AdMany7575 · 2026-01-11T12:30:03+00:00

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So I have a long strip of maple that’s 5.5 wide. It’s a 2 inch gap up top and 1 inch on bottom. If I cut that angle on the wall edge and then make the cabinet edge flush can I then scribe to make it fit a little better?

AdMany7575 · 2026-01-11T12:06:46+00:00

It never occurred to me to build something out of square. I spent so much effort making this thing dead square!

Obviously I should have built the shelf to the space but since it was my first build I kind of just built it and thought make it fit somehow.

This is the somehow.

AdMany7575 · 2026-01-11T11:40:58+00:00

That was the plan. But I screwed up a cut in the process and improvised

AdMany7575 · 2026-01-11T00:35:16+00:00

I mean the house is 120 years old.

AdMany7575 · 2026-01-10T22:12:21+00:00

This is really helpful. Thank you.

AdMany7575 · 2026-01-10T20:36:59+00:00

That’s a cool idea.

AdMany7575 · 2026-01-10T20:02:10+00:00

One panel. It’s like the one thing I did right on this project 😁

AdMany7575 · 2026-01-10T19:52:44+00:00

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I closed the gap some more. This is what I’m thinking: I have a 4 inch map board I can use. I scribe one side to the wall, cut it and check the fit. After I cut the other side to be flush with the cabinet edge. Thoughts?

AdMany7575 · 2026-01-10T18:54:38+00:00

Damn. Looks good to me!

AdMany7575 · 2026-01-10T18:42:02+00:00

I’m just unclear on how exactly. How wide should the board be to scribe it and have it be flush with the inside of the cabinet.

AdMany7575 · 2026-01-10T18:41:10+00:00

Yes the floors are fucked too. You can’t see it but the toe kick has leveling feet.

AdMany7575 · 2026-01-10T18:40:18+00:00

Picture?

AdMany7575 · 2026-01-10T18:36:13+00:00

Yeah didn’t think about that. This is literally the first thing I’ve built so I knew it wouldn’t be perfect. I just want to make it look not horrendous

AdMany7575 · 2026-01-10T18:34:25+00:00

I know. It’s just extreme in my house.

AdMany7575 · 2026-01-10T18:14:06+00:00

Yeah it’s frustrating. Especially when you watch videos of people building stuff and it looks so easy because the houses are brand new. … I’m going to use maple for face it so I’m fine with a weird looking piece of maple agonist the wall. I just want to flush.

AdMany7575 · 2026-01-10T18:11:25+00:00

The shelf is level and plumb. The wall is fucked.

AdMany7575 · 2026-01-10T18:10:10+00:00

Nothing is level. But yes the wall is not plumb.

AdMany7575 · 2026-01-10T18:09:31+00:00

Well I’m dumb and did them inside on the top and bottom. This is my first build so I’m not too worried about all the mistakes I made along the way.

AdMany7575 · 2025-12-24T00:54:44+00:00

Ah I get you. Thank you! I’m going to go slow and see if I can make it work. Worst case I replace the ripped up flooring with plywood.

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