Lost a whole weekend fixing a dimension error I made last Tuesday

I was laying out a floor plan for a kitchen remodel in Akron and somehow misread the window rough opening by 3 inches. Didn't catch it until I went to frame it out on Saturday morning. Had to tear down half the wall and redo the header, which put me behind schedule by like 6 hours. My apprentice kept giving me side eyes the whole time, which didn't help. Anyone else have a dumb measurement mistake that snowballed into a nightmare?

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green.iris8d ago

Made the same mistake on a bathroom window last spring. Measured the rough opening with a dirty tape, thought I was good, then cut the header a full inch short. Frame had to come completely apart. What a mess.

emma_garcia9d ago

Honestly I did the same thing with a window last month and wanted to throw my tape measure.

the_claire9d ago

Girl the 7/8 inch mistake I made on my second window almost made me cry. I measured twice and still managed to cut it wrong somehow. Tape measures just have a mind of their own I swear. I ended up having to order a whole new piece of glass and wait another week for it to come in.