In news: snipped-for-privacy@k15g2000prk.googlegroups.com, Larry Fishel typed: : On Mar 3, 1:26 am, David Nebenzahl : wrote: :: On 3/2/2011 10:16 PM Mike Paulsen spake thus: ::: But why are you concerned with running sheeting all the ::: way to the floor? You _want_ to leave it shy of the floor ::: a bit, and baseboard will cover the gap. : : This is largely because walls tend to be neither square nor : straight, so trying to cut paneling or drywall precisely : will just drive you crazy. : :: Just an example. A better example would have been cutting :: studs to fit tightly betwixt floor and ceiling. Point is :: that it's good to know the actual height instead of just :: guesstimating it. : : Use the technique others described in this case. Or if you : want to be even more precise, measure and mark 12" from : either end with a metal ruler or square (because the metal : hook on the ends of most tapes is designed to measure : outside) and measure between the marks with your tape. Of : course, this is probably more precise than you can cut : anyway...
Or get at least a 20th century tape where the metal hook on the end slips in for inside measurements and slips out for outside measurements, all by itself. I've never seen a current tape what didn't work that way unless some dumbo didn't know why the end was loose and beat it tight with a hammer, which I HAVE seen some dummies do!