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Building a 12x12 shed question.
Posted on 3/29/25 at 7:41 pm
Posted on 3/29/25 at 7:41 pm
Started on a shed today and accidentally cut the first floor joint 1/16 of an inch short.
Should I scrap it and cut another 2x6 or just go with it?
Should I scrap it and cut another 2x6 or just go with it?
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Posted on 3/29/25 at 7:45 pm to Jimbowie397
Thanks!
Didn’t think it would matter so that’s what I did. Now I can stop worrying about it. lol
I hate wasting wood and I wouldn’t be using 2x6’s anywhere else.
Didn’t think it would matter so that’s what I did. Now I can stop worrying about it. lol
I hate wasting wood and I wouldn’t be using 2x6’s anywhere else.
Posted on 3/29/25 at 8:42 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
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accidentally cut the first floor joint 1/16 of an inch short.
I;d roll with it and wouldn’t give it a second thought. You would be suprised at some of the bullshite that building contractors do!
If you are that much of a perfectionist, I don’t know whether you will ever finish!
Posted on 3/29/25 at 8:49 pm to Spankum
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If you are that much of a perfectionist
I guess I didn’t realize I was.
Even after I squared the subfloor, I still went back and measured it 3 times. lol
Posted on 3/29/25 at 9:05 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
Are you using hangers (i.e. Simpson strong tie) for the joists? If so, you can get away with a short cut joist.
Posted on 3/29/25 at 9:48 pm to good_2_geaux
Yep
Posted on 3/29/25 at 11:05 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
Dude, you're not building a fricking piece of furniture, you are framing a shed.
There's time for perfection and there's time for roll with it, so don't be anal and roll with it.
There's time for perfection and there's time for roll with it, so don't be anal and roll with it.
Posted on 3/29/25 at 11:09 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
You’re not building a piano
Posted on 3/30/25 at 6:32 am to NatalbanyTigerFan
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floor joint
Floor joist?
Posted on 3/31/25 at 5:13 am to MikeBRLA
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Floor joist?
Yep...joint was a typo
Posted on 3/31/25 at 10:21 am to NatalbanyTigerFan
Framing to an 1/8th of inch is pretty common. Dimensional lumber is not milled to an 1/8th of an inch.....
Posted on 3/31/25 at 10:48 am to poochie
This thread made me laugh
Posted on 3/31/25 at 1:58 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
I'd roll with it. There ain't a contractor out there that builds to 1/16" tolerances
Posted on 4/2/25 at 11:19 am to NatalbanyTigerFan
Share your plans baw. Looking to construct one myself
Posted on 4/2/25 at 11:37 am to NatalbanyTigerFan
I built a shed/chicken coop, 8x16. It is 1/4" out of square.
It bothered me for weeks, then I remembered chickens will shite in it and I'm over it.
It bothered me for weeks, then I remembered chickens will shite in it and I'm over it.
Posted on 4/2/25 at 11:47 am to NatalbanyTigerFan
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accidentally cut the first floor joint 1/16 of an inch short
(Monacle drops... faints on chaise lounge)
Posted on 4/2/25 at 3:28 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
I'd be one happy SOB if all my cuts were within 1/16" of what I wanted.
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