Took me 3 hours to fix a cabinet door that should have taken 20 minutes

Was working on a kitchen remodel last month and one of the doors kept sagging no matter what I did. I adjusted the hinges, checked the screws, even swapped out the hinge plate. After two hours of messing around I finally looked closer and saw the inside of the door had a small crack right where the top screw goes in. The wood was splitting just enough that the hinge couldn't hold tight. Had to take the door off, glue and clamp the crack, then wait for it to dry. Next day I reinstalled the hinge in ten seconds and it worked perfect. All that time wasted because I didn't check for cracks first thing. Anybody else get tunnel vision on a simple fix and miss the obvious? What's the longest you've spent on what should have been a quick job?

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michael_bennett1112d ago

Happens to me all the time. Spent three whole days chasing an electrical short in my garage that turned out to be a loose wire nut I'd walked past fifty times. Makes you feel like an idiot when you finally see it, but at least you learn something for next time.

the_sam12d ago

Man, isn't it always the dumbest stuff that takes the longest? Last month I spent an afternoon troubleshooting why my router kept dropping connection. Turned out the cable was just barely loose in the wall jack. Felt like such a clown when I just pushed it in and everything worked.