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Got called out on my hoistway door gap checks last year
Tbh, an inspector in Cincinnati watched me do a quick check with my fingers and said, 'You know that's not repeatable, right? You need a gauge.' He was right. I bought a basic feeler gauge set the next day. Now I log the exact measurement for every door, not just a 'feels fine'. Has anyone else had a simple tool change make their work way more solid?
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averyc946mo ago
What gauge did you get? I switched to a digital one and it cut my check time in half.
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evan_grant706mo ago
I grabbed the basic analog gauge from the hardware store, the one with the tiny numbers. My check time is still about twenty minutes because I have to squint at it and guess three times. Honestly, the only thing getting cut in half here is my confidence in my own eyesight.
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johnson.eva6mo ago
My uncle was the same way with his old tire gauge. He'd spend forever checking, then get a different reading at the gas station. He finally got one of those digital ones with the backlight and said it was like going from a flip phone to a smartphone.
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jennyfisher6mo ago
Remember thinking a ruler was a high-tech measuring tool. I used to eyeball everything until I messed up a simple shelf install three times. Getting the right tool just stops the guesswork.
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