Comment on If only the person who did this ceiling had their tools even half as well calibrated as I do

• Klox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Looks the ceiling sagged a bit. Probably started straight.

  And why can’t you caulk? Trim would be more durable, but caulk should also be fine. But you are expecting to remove these cabinets without demoing in the future? Why does it matter if there’s some demoed trim with caulk on it?

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  • Iconoclast@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    There’s electrical wiring above the cabinets behind the trim that needs to be left so that it can be accessed later.

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    • egrets@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Holy shit, I wish most contractors were like you. My house is a total mess of completely unmaintainable pipes and wiring.

      I have internal pipes against an outside wall that I’d need to remove plumbing and sleeves to get to, and they’re not lagged. I also have a shower drain with an upward angle (and pressure on the join) that drips slowly, and I’ll need to rip out half the shower to fix it.

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• krashmo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Caulk is removable

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  • Iconoclast@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Anything is removable with the right tools and know-how, but I know for certain the electrician isn’t going to redo the caulking here. So I built it so it can be removed non-destructively.

    I could just caulk it and call it a day, but I wouldn’t do it like that in my own home, so I’m not doing it for a customer either. If the ceiling guy had also taken the next guy who’s working here into consideration, I wouldn’t be in this situation to begin with.

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    • krashmo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      What does the electrician need to get up there for? It looks to me like that is already done. I’m not saying you’re wrong just that I think caulk is the best you can do to finish it out from this point both in terms of finished look and ease of removal in the future. Of course it would be better if you had a square and plumb room to work with but that ship has long since sailed.

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      • Iconoclast@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        There’s some cheap LED lights installed under the cabinets, but they’re wired from above. There’s a hole on top of the cabinet that the wires run through, and they’re plugged into an outlet inside it. If I permanently enclose it, those lights become impossible to replace without destroying the caulking when they inevitably fail in a year or so. My reasoning with stuff like this is that it’s just a matter of time until someone needs to get behind there, and when that day comes they’ll be thankful it’s only held on by screws.

        I work as a handyman and have to deal with so much inconsiderate craftsmanship from other people that I don’t want to add to it myself.

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• thenextguy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Yo dawg, we heard you liked trim…

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