Truly a beautiful job on the tool, Maru. You could sell that design to Stanley and make a bundle.
You are too kind, but I accept. Now my other f-up. I tiled the bathroom floor and did not realize that I had a squeak in the floor opposite the toilet.
When I pulled off the old floor in the bathroom, the previous floor guy had put down a layer of 1/2 inch of ply to fix the toilet area rot. And he did not replace the toilet flange. Since the floor was quite high, I decided to remove the ply and fix the toilet area properly. I did that, but somehow did not recognize that the floor opposite the toilet was squeaking. Hammering some nails in to secure the floor was the proper fix. I was so focused on the toilet area that I did not notice the floor squeak until the floor was done and actually the tub surround was done. I freaked out. There was one area by the tub and across from the toilet that had a massive noise when stepped on. I turned purple. OMG. It was a nasty squeak and a horrible error on my part. Well, it turns out that the culprit area was accessible from the first floor, through the heater closet. Not an easy access, but I was able to contort my body to be able to secure a 2x4 attached to the floor ply and the 2x8 floor joist. The only way I could secure it was to use my good old West Marine epoxy. I epoxied the 2x4 and was able to get her in position and used wedges to cram it into place. The epoxy cured last night and this morning it is solid as a rock. Lesson learned, don't be distracted by nasty toilet area rot and yes, the rot does spread. The dumb f8ck that laid the floor did not put the toilet flange where it belongs (it was over 1" lower that the top of the tile, 1/2" ply, 1/4" hardie, then a pile of thinset and then 3/8" tile). I cut the flange out and put it in on top of the new tile.