[Shop-talk] Construction opinion poll

[Randall]

> And the first 
> thing she says after
> sliding it into the nook, "Why are there gaps? I wanted a 
> built-in."  It never
> occurred to me that anyone would build a non-square cabinet. 

Incomplete specification, IMO.  If she wanted "period correct", she should
have said so.

> Shelves wouldn't
> adjust, things would slide down the gaps behind them, etc. 

"Period correct" would mean fixed shelves cut to fit, which pretty much
solves those problems.

> Nothing is
> square, there are no studs where there should be, etc. 

Could always be worse.  Many of the walls in my parent's house are solid
brick, 12-15" thick.

Randall