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90 degrees. Keyboard doesn’t have the degree thingie.
What’s the other 10%?
Gay
“If the corners aren’t at 90% that’s easy enough to fix”
What’s the other 10%?
If you weren’t using those pre-made corners, it would be easier. A good carpenter, handy with a coping saw, could do it and make it look nice.
Or I guess I should say it’s not about squareness in the corners. If the corners aren’t at 90% that’s easy enough to fix by cutting the corner at a different angle on the mitre saw.
“anything that becomes stiffer is harder to work with”
No doubt the first time dave has EVER said this.
You are correct, anything that becomes stiffer is harder to work with and that’s a good thing..
Warped is correct DIBS. Strangely, the 4′ run of drywall is actually not straight. It’s not about plumbness or squareness.
I know you think caulk is a cure-all dibs, but in this case it’s hopeless. The room is 4′ x 4′ (small half bath) and the walls are surprisingly warped on a couple of sides – maybe total deviation of .5″. This isn’t a problem with walls of normal length because the molding can be twisted / warped to match the wall, but with very short cuts of molding it becomes much stiffer and harder to work with (yes, yes, I know caulk is the first thing that leaps to your mind in that circumstance too).