I think I understand where you're coming from - and I think we're talking crosswise. I agree with you on "right" and "wrong". I also think that even when something is done "right", there is almost always a way to do it "better".
In some cases there is only one opportunity to get something right; and in others there it's possible to do a best possible first job and return as often as might be desired to make improvements.
| Nothing lasts forever, but selecting the proper tools, materials and | techniques and TRYING to just do it once beats doing it more than once. | Especially when the first version of the job has to be removed, and the | second version tried.
True. I've discovered that darned near everytime I do something new, I discover later (sometimes not much later, and sometimes even before I'm done) some still better way it could be done. It doesn't seem to matter whether I'm planting a garden, building a house, writing software, or building a machine.
| I was a welder by trade. In that craft, a lot of times you get only one | chance to do it right, or you will mess it up. When doing welds that | require x ray testing, you get ONLY one try, and it has to be right, or you | have to cut the whole thing out and do it over. Sometimes that means the | difference of days of work. And lots of money.
I'm with you. Most of my career involved production of "mission critical" software where anything less than absolute reliability meant large financial damage or accidental deaths of innocent people. I really do understand "getting it right" - but in the process of getting it right, I frequently discovered better and more reliable ways to do those same jobs - and nearly always realized better ways still after the project had been completed and the customer well-satisfied.
| I have always suggested to people "do it once, do it right" as a caveat to | give it your best the first time instead of just putting a band aid on a | problem, as so many people tend to do. Or just doing a half fast job.
A cabin, to me, is recreational living space. It's not a production job - it's more like a piece of artwork in progress. To me, part of the enjoyment would be continuing enhancement and improvement on a schedule (or none) of my choosing. I think I'd even try to design stuff so that it'd be easy to modify/improve...
| Just MHO, YMMV.
I certainly respect your work ethic and your desire to get it right the first time. I think I'd approach a cabin a bit differently - but this variety of perspective is what makes people interesting. I wish you much satisfaction and enjoyment.
-- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA
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