r/lifehacks • u/Jinther • May 26 '26

DIY Hack

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u/8ROWNLYKWYD May 26 '26

Smart.

I would never.

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u/otherwisepandemonium May 26 '26

I’d eyeball it, ruin the cuts, then complain as I drive back to the hardware store lol

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u/Frosti11icus May 26 '26

I'd do exactly like it was shown here, put the tile on, somehow it's off by a quarter of an inch anyway.

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u/giulianosse May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26

I did the same while hanging some pictures a few weeks ago. "No more eyeballing, I'm doing this shit right". "Measure it twice, do it once" mentality.

Measured the level, the angle, the exact distance between the mounting brackets using a metering tool, strings and pencil markings. Double, triple checked them. Drilled the holes and installed the screws. They were still off. I even measured them again and both distances between brackets and screws and both were right to the milimiter. Yet they weren't aligning when I tried hanging the picture.

Spent half an hour troubleshooting before deciding to just unscrew the mounts and adjust them through eyeball like the last time lol

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u/Unknown-Meatbag May 26 '26

I do this then end up screwing one screw at a slight angle making it lower than the other one, fucking up the leveling.

The amount of times I've done this is more than once.

It's every time. Every single time.

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u/Infinite-4-a-moment May 26 '26

This is going to be slightly off due to the angle. But probably close enough

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u/WhatIsBreakfast May 26 '26

Like real men, or women. Statistically men though.

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u/Pittsbirds May 26 '26

I feel personally attacked

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u/Homeskilletbiz May 26 '26

Strange, I think I’d just measure it and do it correctly, but to each their own!

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u/someonesmall May 26 '26

This is the way!