Barbara Green (u/barbara_green10)

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Had a whole section of engineered plank pop up on me last week

It was a big job in a new build over in Springfield, about 400 square feet of that click-lock stuff. The homeowner cranked the heat way up before the floor had time to settle. Came back two days later and a whole 10-foot run was buckled. Had to pull the baseboard and trim the end wall to get the expansion gap back. Anyone else run into this with the crazy temp swings lately?

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barbara_green10•1mo ago

I was cleaning every board with isopropyl and a toothbrush for way too long

I mean, I had this old Pioneer receiver from the 80s on my bench last week, and the left channel kept cutting out. I spent maybe two hours scrubbing every single contact point with 91% isopropyl and a new brush, but the problem came right back. The tip off was when I finally looked at the board under my magnifier and saw a tiny, almost invisible crack in a trace near the main power cap. I was just cleaning stuff that didn't need it. Has anyone else wasted a bunch of time on a cleaning ritual before actually looking for the real fault?

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Had a whole section of engineered plank pop up on me last week

I was cleaning every board with isopropyl and a toothbrush for way too long

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