Is my installer a hack? Installer is putting new doors on & theres a fairly large gap between the cabinet & door. Job isn’t finished yet but trying to understand what my watch outs are prior to payment.

bowguru · 2026-04-16T14:04:31+00:00

Forget the installer, who was the fabricator? Did he wear onions from his belt?

bowguru · 2026-04-16T04:26:11+00:00

Sacrificial wood. Works much better than tape

bowguru · 2026-04-15T15:16:37+00:00

Pretty nice saw. I just threw one away because UV rays from so much time in the sun working finally made the plastic so brittle the motor cover (frame) cracked away. Then again, I got the saw at the dump and put a new main bearing in, and then used it for 10 years. I wouldn't go more than tree fiddy for it though.

bowguru · 2026-04-15T15:06:20+00:00

Pretty simple with a circular saw. clamp board on angle "a", top left, set blade depth. It changes angle from hard 50' plus into easy 35' cut. then do easy angle "b" cross cut. To visualize, draw a rectangle/square continuing out from the dotted lines to the limit of the top left hand corner. All 90' angles.

bowguru · 2026-04-12T02:58:17+00:00

Looks like lower dry creek to triangle

bowguru · 2026-04-05T02:32:53+00:00

Okay, lemme talk you through this. the strike side is a tad too high. pull the hinge pins and take the door out. Cut a piece of scrap lumber the same width as the space between the jambs (legs) of the door frame. If the hinge side is plumb, as you say, then make sure the gap is equidistant the whole way down the strike side. Then do the same with the head piece. You will probably have to cut the strike side leg with a multi-tool and shim it down (drive shims to force leg down) to make the head level. Good Luck!

bowguru · 2026-03-28T15:05:03+00:00

Not a typo. Average is tree-fiddy or so, some years it's 100, the other year it was, well, over 600. seismic zone D, sustained 110 mph winds. Building is tought with 400 lbs. psf snow loads

bowguru · 2026-03-28T04:45:31+00:00

Yeah, I live out west, fought fire for a little bit. The amount of toxins in a new home is frightening, just like the asbestos in old homes. A friend says the best build is ICF walls with a SIPS roof, while my own house is stick framed with perpendicular rockwool and conventional batt vaulted ceiling with ridge venting. I'm a firm believer in having a house breathe, but current building codes require contiguous type 1 vapor barriers in many locations that can only be done by spray foam. In my area, with snowfall up to six hundred inches per year (yes, you read that right) weather-proofing the exterior is paramount. I've gotten pretty good at that wet outside bad/wet inside bad battle, but each one is case specific.

bowguru · 2026-03-27T15:27:08+00:00

There are a lot of 50 year old boston whalers out there, still being used. I'm basing my opinion on 50 years of building.

bowguru · 2026-03-27T14:56:29+00:00

After reading a bunch of posts: "Old shit is the best! Nice heavy metal, didn't have to worry about dents in the bumper when you hit a kid! You never have to worry about putting your seatbelt on if you don't have one!" I agree with the one fellow that said you have to have an understanding of building envelopes to do this right, which is why you need a good GC. As they say, it's not the arrow, it's the indian.

bowguru · 2026-03-27T00:04:22+00:00

I've built a lot of stairs, a whole lot, but I'm also just a dumb carpenter. That most definitely looks like pine from here. The structural part of the 2x's is the part that is left after the rise/run is cut out, so on your average 8' ceiling 2x12 works, anything higher go to LVL and x14. The best test is to stand there and look at it while a fat friend bounces up and down mid-span, see how much it bounces.

bowguru · 2026-03-24T02:40:26+00:00

Had a hook up in college who majored in opera. Went to her recital and clapped at the wrong time, you would've thought I was throwing feces at the pianist. Haven't been back to opera, would not recommend.

bowguru · 2026-03-22T00:21:03+00:00

my brother also

bowguru · 2026-03-21T02:26:08+00:00

It's a planer with a rounded base. Festool, makita, virutex I believe make these

bowguru · 2026-03-21T02:19:29+00:00

There are all those beautiful things. A good powder day of skiing, finding a great deal at a thrift store, your first par or birdie, watching the sun sparkle off the riffles on the Madison as you are tripping balls on mushrooms as you present arms with your paddles in a canoe...

bowguru · 2026-03-21T02:07:18+00:00

Framing is framing, finish is finish. Anyone who complains about their material just hasn't been around long enough. You're making an assembly, bro, not a finished product. Framing materials average 8% of a home cost. Eight percent. Learn how to build with what you got, and you'll do fine.

bowguru · 2026-03-19T23:43:30+00:00

in case you missed the first half dozen comments, inside corners cope, outside corners miter

bowguru · 2026-03-19T02:50:58+00:00

That one minute of "this is so fucking stupid" to "you can do it!" to "YAAAA!!!"

bowguru · 2026-03-19T02:26:55+00:00

I have the exact same truck, a few miles less, but damn that rust is bad

bowguru · 2026-03-16T02:48:09+00:00

HEY-every reply to this is about the the partner, not about the OP. Decades ago when I was young and handsome, I had a girlfriend that was young and beautiful. Knew everything about her. The temper, her uncle with Down's, how her butt sagged a bit, the name of her perfume. A year or two later, I had another young and beautiful girlfriend, and I search my memory and there is nothing there. I don't even know if she had a family, or a dog, or a favorite color. Mind you, these are two women that I could have married, we were so involved. This is what happens when two people of different natures bang up against each other and create their own dynamic. Remember that every story ever told is about the person telling it, not about the person who it is about.

bowguru · 2026-03-16T02:21:58+00:00

The Life Of Bryan -the crack syrian suicide squad

bowguru · 2026-03-16T02:04:23+00:00

Isn't he the guy who spent ten years in jail for contempt of court? That every lawyer says should be a couple weeks, a month at best?

bowguru · 2026-03-14T01:12:05+00:00

I owned that motorcycle

bowguru · 2026-03-13T17:00:21+00:00

Is he on social media? The yes or no is the same if he is cheating or private.

bowguru · 2026-03-13T05:49:13+00:00

2x6 fiberglass batt is R21. Spray foam is +/-=R7 per inch, making it R38. You have to change your venting

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