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I finally listened to my old boss from the Denver area
He told me, 'Always check the damper from the top down, not the bottom up,' when I was stuck on a tricky job in a 1920s bungalow last fall. I tried it his way and found a broken hinge I would have missed, saving me a call back. Do you have a simple tip from a mentor that you still use?
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christopherw343mo ago
My first foreman in Philly said measure twice, cut once. It sounds dumb until you waste a whole sheet of plywood. That old advice saves me money every single week.
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troy_price2mo ago
Seriously though, what kind of work were you doing where that advice clicked? Because I've seen guys in some trades just eyeball cuts and get away with it, but with finish carpentry or cabinets, one wrong cut wrecks everything. Was it just general framing, or something more precise?
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ross.tara3mo ago
Top down" always felt backwards to me...
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quinn_burns3mo ago
Well it depends if you're building a house or filling a glass of water. Starting with the roof does sound like a quick way to get a headache and a pile of broken shingles. Some methods just feel like they were made up by someone who has never actually done the work. I guess that's why we have so many instruction manuals that make no sense at all.
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