diff --git a/src/main/java/net/blay09/mods/cookingforblockheads/block/BlockCounter.java b/src/main/java/net/blay09/mods/cookingforblockheads/block/BlockCounter.java
index 0a8be46a3..858ca1546 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/blay09/mods/cookingforblockheads/block/BlockCounter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/blay09/mods/cookingforblockheads/block/BlockCounter.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import net.blay09.mods.cookingforblockheads.GuiHandler;
 import net.blay09.mods.cookingforblockheads.client.render.block.CounterBlockRenderer;
 import net.blay09.mods.cookingforblockheads.tile.TileCounter;
+import net.blay09.mods.cookingforblockheads.utils.DirectionUtils;
 import net.blay09.mods.cookingforblockheads.utils.DyeUtils;
 import net.minecraft.block.Block;
 import net.minecraft.block.material.Material;
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
 import net.minecraft.tileentity.TileEntity;
 import net.minecraft.util.IIcon;
-import net.minecraft.util.MathHelper;
 import net.minecraft.world.World;
 import net.minecraftforge.common.util.ForgeDirection;
 
@@ -99,9 +99,8 @@ public void onBlockAdded(World world, int x, int y, int z) {
 
     @Override
     public void onBlockPlacedBy(World world, int x, int y, int z, EntityLivingBase placer, ItemStack itemStack) {
-        double blockRotation = (double) (placer.rotationYaw * 4.0F / 360.0F) + 0.5D;
-        boolean flipped = Math.abs(blockRotation - (int) blockRotation) < 0.5;
-        int orientation = MathHelper.floor_double(blockRotation) & 3;
+        boolean flipped = DirectionUtils.isHalfDirection(placer.rotationYaw);
+        int orientation = DirectionUtils.getDirection(placer.rotationYaw);
         if (orientation == 0) {
             world.setBlockMetadataWithNotify(x, y, z, 2, 2);
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/blay09/mods/cookingforblockheads/block/BlockFridge.java b/src/main/java/net/blay09/mods/cookingforblockheads/block/BlockFridge.java
index ab9867df7..23f7ebdb0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/blay09/mods/cookingforblockheads/block/BlockFridge.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/blay09/mods/cookingforblockheads/block/BlockFridge.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import net.blay09.mods.cookingforblockheads.client.render.block.FridgeBlockRenderer;
 import net.blay09.mods.cookingforblockheads.item.ItemBlockFridge;
 import net.blay09.mods.cookingforblockheads.tile.TileFridge;
+import net.blay09.mods.cookingforblockheads.utils.DirectionUtils;
 import net.blay09.mods.cookingforblockheads.utils.DyeUtils;
 import net.minecraft.block.Block;
 import net.minecraft.block.material.Material;
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
 import net.minecraft.tileentity.TileEntity;
 import net.minecraft.util.IIcon;
-import net.minecraft.util.MathHelper;
 import net.minecraft.world.World;
 import net.minecraftforge.common.util.ForgeDirection;
 
@@ -142,9 +142,8 @@ public void onBlockAdded(World world, int x, int y, int z) {
 
     @Override
     public void onBlockPlacedBy(World world, int x, int y, int z, EntityLivingBase placer, ItemStack itemStack) {
-        double blockRotation = (double) (placer.rotationYaw * 4.0F / 360.0F) + 0.5D;
-        boolean flipped = Math.abs(blockRotation - (int) blockRotation) < 0.5;
-        int orientation = MathHelper.floor_double(blockRotation) & 3;
+        boolean flipped = DirectionUtils.isHalfDirection(placer.rotationYaw);
+        int orientation = DirectionUtils.getDirection(placer.rotationYaw);
         if (orientation == 0) {
             world.setBlockMetadataWithNotify(x, y, z, 2, 2);
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/blay09/mods/cookingforblockheads/utils/DirectionUtils.java b/src/main/java/net/blay09/mods/cookingforblockheads/utils/DirectionUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be67f2b62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/blay09/mods/cookingforblockheads/utils/DirectionUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package net.blay09.mods.cookingforblockheads.utils;
+
+public class DirectionUtils {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the result of the mathematical-operation "modulus" of any pair of a number and integer. This is distinct
+     * from Java's mod-operator (%), which returns the remainder of any two numbers; the mathematics-operation,
+     * "modulus" returns the remainder, in whole multiples.
+     *
+     * @param number  operand
+     * @param modulus zero-congruent definition (maximum space for modular arithmetic)
+     * @return
+     */
+    private static double modulus(final double number, final int modulus) {
+        if (number < 0) {
+            return number - (modulus * Math.floor(number / modulus));
+        } else {
+            return number % modulus;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Maps direction, calculated from the nearest cardinal-directions, as {South, West, North, East} to {0, 1, 2, 3}
+     *
+     * @param yaw lateral-direction of gaze
+     * @return cardinal-direction index
+     */
+    public static int getDirection(final double yaw) {
+        double modified_yaw = (yaw * (4.0 / 360.0)) + 0.5;
+        modified_yaw = modulus(modified_yaw, 4);
+        return (int) Math.floor(modified_yaw);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the "handedness" of a current gaze, relative to the nearest cardinal-direction, represented as (binary)
+     * being before or after (clockwise) the nearest cardinal-direction
+     * 
+     * @param yaw lateral-direction of gaze
+     * @return truth of being before the center of the nearest cardinal-direction
+     */
+    public static boolean isHalfDirection(final double yaw) {
+        double modified_yaw = yaw * (8.0 / 360.0);
+        modified_yaw = modulus(modified_yaw, 2);
+        return Math.floor(modified_yaw) == 0;
+    }
+}