JohnVerSteeg OP t1_j14yci8 wrote on December 21, 2022 at 6:24 PM

Reply to comment by KimCharelsMD in I built a shed this summer by JohnVerSteeg

If you're talking about the picture when I was plumbing up the framed walls -- that was the very last corner, and I couldn't get it any more plumb than that without throwing off one of my other walls. I was just happy it was within the lines, even if it wasn't perfectly centered haha

Whatwhenwherehi t1_j14z1ho wrote on December 21, 2022 at 6:29 PM

Perfect square doesn't happen.

Yours is as close as you'll ever get unless your pour, grade and everything else was perfect as well. Which is, fyi, impossible.

Great pictures, great work.

WestonP t1_j153xs2 wrote on December 21, 2022 at 7:00 PM

> Perfect square doesn't happen.

This. Whenever I'm feeling like my own work isn't as perfect as I'd like, I go look at the sheds on display at Home Depot or Lowes, or look at the framing of a professionally-built new construction home... it's all way worse than what I did for my shed/workshop!

Caulk, trim, and drywall will cover up a heck of a lot, and professionally-built structures rely on this fact quite a bit as well.

Working with lumber is an imperfect endeavor anyway... Despite my best attempts to get pieces that are actually straight and not full of moisture ("KD" stamp doesn't seem to mean much these days), I've had a lot warp/twist/shrink by the time I get it cut and assembled. All within a usable tolerance though. I see the same or worse in other structures I look at.