Can we talk about that time you cut a plank and realized you measured wrong?

I was installing a herringbone pattern in a big living room in Springfield last Tuesday. I had my Dewalt miter saw set up, cut a whole stack of planks at a 45, and started laying them out. About three rows in, I saw the pattern was drifting off the center line by almost half an inch. My heart sank. I had been so focused on the angle cuts that I forgot to check the starting wall for square, which was off by a full degree. I had to stop everything, pull up the rows I'd just glued down, and re-square the entire room using a chalk line from the longest wall. It set me back nearly two hours. Has anyone else had a herringbone job go sideways because of a wall that wasn't straight?

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loganthompson13d ago

My buddy had that same "wall not straight" problem and wasted a whole box of good oak.

riley_king1613d ago

That "wasted a whole box" thing is a perfect example of how one small, hidden flaw can cost you way more than you planned. It happens with everything from home projects to software updates. You end up paying for the first mistake over and over.