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Was dead set against using a laser level on my last 3 commercial jobs, until my foreman made me try his Hilti on a drop ceiling install.
I always figured string lines and a chalk snap were good enough, but the laser cut my layout time in half and I had zero errors on the grid. My foreman just said 'you'll never go back' after I finished. Has anyone else had that moment where a tool you dismissed totally changed your approach?
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joel60326d ago
Read a blog post once that said the same thing about laser levels.
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park.abby1mo ago
Got a buddy who swore by his old plumb bob for years and laughed at my laser setup. He finally borrowed a cheap one for a retail buildout and called me that night saying he felt stupid for fighting progress so long. He bought his own the next morning and his crew's been way faster ever since.
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shaneb161mo ago
The Hilti is a beast (I ended up buying the same model after that job, not gonna lie). But here's what gets me - your buddy went from a plumb bob straight to a laser, skipping all the intermediate stuff. Did he ever try a water level or a simple line level first, or was he full-on old school the whole time? I'm curious if he had some half-step that failed him before or if he just jumped straight from ancient to modern.
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