Just realized using a 1/8 inch spacer block for my drawer slides in that 1980s kitchen saved me from a whole afternoon of shimming.

The old walls were so out of square I almost gave up, but clamping that block to the cabinet side before screwing in the slide gave me a perfect reveal every time, so has anyone else found a weird little fix for a crooked house?

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singh.harper23d ago

Old houses have a way of teaching you that perfect is the enemy of good enough. Your spacer block trick is just a smart workaround for a world that isn't built straight. It's funny how often the right fix is just a scrap of something from the junk drawer.

lucas38923d ago

Yeah that "scrap from the junk drawer" thing is so true. I had a window that wouldn't shut right in my last place, and the real fix was a couple of old washers stacked on the bottom hinge pin. Took five minutes and it worked for years. Sometimes you just need to stop looking for the "correct" part and see what fills the gap.

carter.cora22d ago

Wait, you left it like that for years?