Rant: Stop treating a 2x4 like it's precision equipment

I got handed a print for a deck last week that called for cutting every joist to the 32nd of an inch. It's a pressure treated 2x6, it's gonna move a quarter inch by next spring anyway. I cut to the line and it fit fine, the architect can measure the gap with his laser if he's bored. Anyone else get specs that are way tighter than the material actually allows?

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sage30826d ago

Ha, my tape measure has a PhD in "close enough"!