| 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. Using
the 3-4-5 method for squaring corners will help ensure your corners
are square
 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 geeky 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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