It is not a surprise that carpenters charge extra for doing remodeling work vs. new construction. As you may recall, we are re-doing the upstairs into a master suite. We have the sunny, south room ready for the trim boards now. Piece of cake, we are almost done! And that would have been the case had all the angles needed been the standard 90 degrees....or even a standard 45. But NOOOOO. The angles around the fireplace ended up being 34 degrees and 60 degrees. Not being professional carpenters, we did not have any "magic tools" to help calculate these angles. Nor do we have a good miter saw other than the nifty wooden box which is a guide but only has the standard cuts available.
Have no fear, we do have the boards cut, and they look like they fit. It took some time to figure out how to make the table saw do what we needed, but it was a good feeling to see them hug the wall when we put them there. (I know Dad taught me how to use that thing when he was with us, but that was years ago....)
The problem now is that the floor isn't level there and the high spot makes the boards not line up exactly. So I will take the dremel tool and file the bump on the floor and then we can nail the trim in. We were too tired after all that mental carpentry to finish it today anyway.
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