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That paper roll at the county planning office almost cost me a job
Last month I was dropping off a set of drawings at the county planning office in Eugene and handed over a roll that had been sitting in my truck for 3 days. The humidity had curled the edges so bad the reviewer couldn't read the dimensions in the corners. She told me flat out, 'If I can't read it, I can't approve it.' Now I keep all my prints in a sealed tube in the cab, never the bed. That one delay set me back 4 days on a $12,000 residential project. Anyone else had paper handling mess up a submission?
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cora8633mo ago
Honestly I read about someone who started keeping silica gel packs inside their tube after this exact thing happened to them in Portland. Sounds like a cheap fix compared to losing a whole project over it.
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bennett.vera3mo ago
You ever had a sheet curl up on you so bad you couldn't even flatten it with a book? I started rolling my prints backwards (loose roll, not tight) before I stick em in the tube, keeps the paper from curling at the edges. Also, pro tip, toss a couple of those moisture absorbing packets in the tube, they're cheap on Amazon. That humidity in the valley is no joke during the spring, I learned that the hard way too.
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