J. Clarke wrote:
-MIKE- wrote:


If you had a wall 25 feet long (length of tape measure) that had to be
filled with cabinets, wouldn't 5/16" over 25 feet be tight enough?

Depends on which way the error goes. If the cabinets end up 5/16 too short
you can fudge it any number of ways. If they end up 5/16 too long then
you've got a royal pain in the butt.

This has only happened to me once, when the framers moved a kitchen sink
window rough opening in the stud wall 4" closer to the only
perpendicular wall I had too worry about; then, to compound the problem,
mounted the window in the RO closer to one side than the other.

In order to center the sink base cabinet on that kitchen window
(something that is ABSOLUTELY required in most installations where a
kitchen window is involved over a sink), I ended up having to completely
rebuild the last of four base cabinet in the run to fit the now too
small space.

... amazing how little time a one off, angled, base cabinet takes to
build when it's urgent.

Three years later I still have that right hand, angled base cabinet in
storage, and still looking for a place to install it ... the houses I've
been since have been mirror images in layout.

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