Yesterday I learned an interesting tidbit which is fun to know even if you are not a carpenter, builder, etc. Let's say you purchase a corner unit of cabinets, then try to place them in the corner, but they don't fit right. Hmm. What's the deal here? The room is square, the corner unit is a corner unit, what could be wrong? Find a corner. From the right wall, measure three feet in to the corner. Now on the left wall, measure four feet out away from the corner. The starting point of the three foot measurement to the ending point of the four foot measurement on the opposite wall should be five feet long. Basically you are measuring the triangular space. If the measurements are taken and you come out with three feet, four feet and five feet, your walls are squared. Hope I've made sense. It sure helped me to understand why our formica unit had to be somewhat wedged. Karen Marie
Ahh Wuvie the good ole Pythagorean theorem there, that took me right back to my mathematics classes That's a great tip to see if you are on the right track, thanks!
Just tried this and obviously our walls aren't square. Well it's to be expected I suppose in a 17th century, stone built cottage. Certainly makes life more interesting!!!
Eileen, I think that is a fair trade-off: You get all of the wonderful ambience(sp?) of an historical home, but the walls aren't perfectly square. I'd take it!
