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Just finished a job where the waste cut count hit 47 pieces
I was laying that new rigid core stuff in a big open plan area, thought I had the pattern down... but the room had these weird angles and a fireplace bump-out that threw everything off. Every time I made a cut for one wall, it left a piece too short for the next run. By the end of the day, I had a stack of 47 cut-offs under 6 inches long. It wasn't just the material cost, it was the time lost measuring each one. I've never seen a number that high on a residential job before. It made me stop and really look at my starting wall layout again. Has anyone else run into a waste number that made you change how you plan a room?
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hannah_wright9d ago
Oh man, that reminds me of my buddy's kitchen remodel last year. He was putting down plank tile and didn't account for the cabinet toe-kicks not being perfectly straight. He ended up with a whole box of skinny little slivers, like a deck of cards made of tile. He said it looked like a bad puzzle. He swore after that to always check for square in three different spots before a single piece went down.
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veramiller9d ago
Tell me, did you snap a chalk line from the longest wall first, or just start laying from a corner? That starting point can eat up material fast.
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