When I redid the trim around the garage last summer, I only had two 8′ boards to cover a 18′ span.  So I put one on each end and spliced a 2′ section in the middle.  Sounds good right?  Well the problem was I didn’t do a very good job.  The two end boards were crooked, resulting in the spliced board being extra crooked.  It looked rather shoddy, but since I was tired of painting and trim work, I just left it.  Well my buddy Joe has been giving me a hard time about it ever since.  So last weekend I went and fixed it.  I got two 10′ boards and made a nice joint between them on the nice flat basement floor.  I also painted all 6 sides so that I wouldn’t have to worry about the board rotting from water being trapped behind it.