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That weird corner in the old house on Elm Street took me two full days
It was a 1920s place with plaster over brick. The corner was not square by a full inch and a half over eight feet. I tried cutting the board to fit, but the angle kept shifting. Ended up building out the framing with shims and a new stud. What should have been a three hour job turned into sixteen hours. Anyone got a better trick for a corner that's just completely out of whack?
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the_emma13h ago
Oh man, that "angle kept shifting" part is the worst. I read a tip once about using a scribe tool for stuff like that, basically tracing the wall shape onto your trim piece. In my experience though, if it's that far off, you almost have to fix the wall itself. Building it out like you did is a solid fix, even if it takes forever. Sometimes there just isn't a fast trick.
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sanchez.pat10h ago
Yeah, the scribe tool trick only works if the wall is just a little wavy. When it's a full inch off over a few feet, you're not fitting trim, you're doing drywall repair with extra steps. Building it out is the only real fix, it just feels like a punishment for the wall being wrong.
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elliot_johnson314h ago
This Old House showed a shim trick for that.
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