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Cutting a 12x15 room freehand versus snapping a chalk line
Had a job in Springfield last month where the homeowner wanted the carpet in before their furniture arrived, so I was under a serious time crunch. I decided to skip snapping a chalk line for the main cut across the 15-foot wall, thinking I could eyeball it and save ten minutes. Big mistake - ended up with a visible wave that took me twice as long to fix with the seam roller and a lot of trim. Anyone else ever try to rush a straight cut and regret it instantly?
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oliver_wilson491d ago
Oh man, that's the worst feeling. I've done the exact same thing with vinyl plank, trying to cut a long run against a wall without a line. You get that little wobble halfway down and suddenly the gap is way too big for the baseboard to cover. It always turns a 10 minute time-save into an hour of trying to trim pieces or re-cut the whole board. Never worth it.
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the_nina1d agoMost Upvoted
Is a gap that big really a deal breaker though?
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