Oh, dear! The best-laid plans of mice and men, and all that...
My spanking new baseboard has suffered a terrible setback due to a terrible shortfall in planning on my part. The problem? Acclimatisation.
Basically, the wood (MDF sheet and spruce) has been sat in my unheated workshop all winter. I made the baseboard out in the workshop in the cold - it only took and hour or two, so no need to put the heater on. After spending a few days tucked up all cosy and warm in my understairs cupboard the MDF and spruce reached room temperature, probably dried out a little and have most definitely expanded or contracted at different rates.
The result? I now have a banana shaped baseboard that was originally absolutely, perfectly flat.
Oh well, back to square one. For Mk.II I'll bring the wood indoors for a few days and then build the baseboard.
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