"FrozenNorth" wrote in message
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On 8/06/10 9:36 PM, Doug Miller wrote:

Why, oh why, do people with no knowledge or experience of the building
trades
imagine that they are competent to do their own construction?

Been there done that. Previous owner left behind several mason jars full
of mixed screws, seemed odd. Then I started removing stuff that he had
built and need eight different bits to take them apart, what a pain in the
backside, can't even imagine wanting to build something that way.

Last two or three pieces of his handiwork that I have removed, recip saw,
hell with the mess, it is less frustrating.

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Froz...


Someday, maybe I'll post pictures of some of the electrical outlets in my
house. Some are just crooked. In several places, the box itself sticks out
1/4" on one side, so the plates don't fit flush. I asked the previous owner
about that when I moved in. He said the boxes stuck out "because of the
lath".

Huh? I installed new boxes in plaster/lath walls in my previous house.
There's no reason for them to look like they're trying to escape the wall.