| One of the challenges when creating
corners is getting them square. While no room is ever PERFECTLY
square, we need to get the corners as close to 90 degrees as possible.
If not, any tile or carpet laid will be noticeably 'off' from
one side of the room to the other.
 To
create corners, we use the 3-4-5 rule from basic geometry: A2
+ B2 = C2. This means the square of the hypotenuse of a right
triangle is equal to the sum of the square of both legs.
Getting away from the geaky math stuff, it simply means that
if you measure 3' out from the corner in one direction, and 4'
out in the other direction, the line between the two points should
be 5'. If not, your corner isn't square.
You may not think this is a big deal (since most rooms aren't
perfectly square anyway). However, over the course of 15-20 feet,
it would make a noticeable difference. If you're tiling the floor,
or using a covering (carpet, linoleum, etc.) with a pattern, it
will be very noticeable if your corner isn't straight!
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