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Why does nobody talk about using a cheap laser level for hanging tile?
I tried a $25 laser level from Harbor Freight last weekend when I was tiling my backsplash in the kitchen. I figured it would be way off, but honestly it kept everything straight and saved me from drawing a million pencil lines. The trick was clamping it to the counter edge instead of using the suction cup (which fell off twice). Has anyone else had good luck with a budget laser for projects like this?
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thea85722d ago
30 seconds after I clamped my cheap laser to the counter it slipped and shot a beam across the kitchen. That thing drifted half an inch over 6 feet by the end of the job. Cheap lasers are fine for marking a rough line, but tile work needs dead accuracy or your grout lines look like crap. You can get a decent self leveling laser for 60 bucks that won't drift. I learned this the hard way when I had to rip out three rows of subway tile.
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