Devils panties 12/27/2024

[majorhavoc@programming.dev]

Classic old house repair.

Pick one:

1. Install blinds level
   Or
2. Install blinds so that they look level.

I choose off-level but right looking, myself.

[remembertheapollo_@lemmy.world]

Truth.

“Old world craftsmanship” really wasn’t a thing for the average house. We had an older home that didn’t have a straight or level anything. You just had to split the difference when hanging things.

[sergio@slrpnk.net]

“Old world craftsmanship” really wasn’t a thing for the average house.

Also, things on those old houses tend to sag and sink over time.

[zombifrancis@sh.itjust.works]

Ya gotta measure the playing field before using anything as a reference point.

Redoing the baseboards and doorframe for a room in my house I learned just how frustrating being off the length of a sawblade can be. That shit stacks up as you wrap around corners and closets. The closet has a gap I wedged a wood chip into in defeat.

[amazingawesomator@lemmy.world]

im on the other side of this fence. because curtains (im a curtains guy) cover the whole window, i mount them level and let my window look weird. most of the frame is covered by the curtains, so i feel like there is at least some semblance of level somewhere in the house, hehehehe.

[whynotsquirrel@sh.itjust.works]

I don't understand the end?

[denvil@lemmy.one]

Made a deal with a demon to finally get the thing straight

[neatobuilds@mander.xyz]

We had some family known contractors redo our bathroom. Nothing is level. We had a cubby space put in next to the shower and I made some shelves for it and man each board was carefully cut with a wobbly edge to fit perfectly against the new wall they put in. The good thing is they are locked in place by the wobbles so to remove you have to lift them left to right and can't just be pulled out

[majorhavoc@programming.dev]

Yeah. That's a great point. If the window is hidden most of the time, then what really matters is alignment with the floor and ceiling.

[acockworkorange@mander.xyz]

Yup. Make sure the distance to the roof is the same on both ends and let the curtains hang to the floor. Don’t bother with a level, just ruler.

[judahbenhur@lemm.ee]

do you mean the thickness of a saw blade

[zombifrancis@sh.itjust.works]

Sure. The (missing) length measured on the boards being the sawblade thickness.

[remembertheapollo_@lemmy.world]

Very true. However ours literally had a bend in the wall because they didn’t square the house properly. They basically did a fuckit and aligned the remainder, the carried on with the bent wall. NBD as it was all plaster and lath so they smoothed over the kink, but when I had to replace a big chunk of the wall after it began cracking it was a bitch to fix with modern wallboard and look smooth. All construction debris was just dumped inside the walls. They just dgaf, it was the equivalent of modern tract housing.

[judahbenhur@lemm.ee]

ah right

[splashjackson@lemmy.ca]

Just like my gut

[mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works]

More specifically the "kerf", which is the width of the cut

[monstercookie@lemmynsfw.com]

Seems she summoned a demon who got the rod level, but now the home is haunted.

[psythik@lemmy.world]

I have this issue with my TV. It's mounted perfectly level but it looks like it's tilted slightly to the right. I think my ceiling is crooked.