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Larry Fishel typed:
: On Mar 3, 1:26 am, David Nebenzahl
: wrote:
:: On 3/2/2011 10:16 PM Mike Paulsen spake thus:
::: But why are you concerned with running sheeting all the
::: way to the floor? You _want_ to leave it shy of the floor
::: a bit, and baseboard will cover the gap.
:
: This is largely because walls tend to be neither square nor
: straight, so trying to cut paneling or drywall precisely
: will just drive you crazy.
:
:: Just an example. A better example would have been cutting
:: studs to fit tightly betwixt floor and ceiling. Point is
:: that it's good to know the actual height instead of just
:: guesstimating it.
:
: Use the technique others described in this case. Or if you
: want to be even more precise, measure and mark 12" from
: either end with a metal ruler or square (because the metal
: hook on the ends of most tapes is designed to measure
: outside) and measure between the marks with your tape. Of
: course, this is probably more precise than you can cut
: anyway...

Or get at least a 20th century tape where the metal hook on the end slips in
for inside measurements and slips out for outside measurements, all by
itself. I've never seen a current tape what didn't work that way unless some
dumbo didn't know why the end was loose and beat it tight with a hammer,
which I HAVE seen some dummies do!