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Pro tip: I think everyone's wrong about using a 4-foot level for everything
Last week on a deck job in Boulder, I watched a guy spend 20 minutes trying to get a perfect read on a 16-foot beam with his little level... when a string line would've shown the whole crown in 30 seconds. Anyone else think we over-rely on that tool?
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richard_dixon16d ago
Saw a roofer spend an hour leveling a ridge vent that a chalk line would've fixed in five minutes flat.
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grantschmidt1mo ago
Come on, it's just a tool. Sometimes a level is the right tool, sometimes a string line is better. That guy was being stubborn, but it's not some huge industry problem. People get stuck in their ways on every job site.
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