Tuesday at a custom stair job in Portland humbled me fast

HALF an inch?" Man, that is WILD. I read that and had to put my phone down for a second. You are telling me the subfloor settled that much and the plans did not show it? That is exactly the kind of thing that makes me want to throw my clipboard in the river. I have been doing this for fifteen years and I STILL catch myself staring at a blueprint like it is the holy word, and then the tape measure laughs at me. That quarter inch stuff is brutal too, it never looks bad on paper but your feet feel it the second you step down. Dan sounds like the kind of guy who has saved more jobs with that bevel gauge than any laser level ever could. I bet you will never look at a set of prints the same way again, and honestly, that is a good thing. Those plans are a suggestion, the actual floor is the boss.