Got a new work toy today!

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Thing is AWESOME, even outdoors!

Now what to do with my two old ones...

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

is it a lazer level?

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

is it a lazer level?

Yes, with rechargeable power supply.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

Yes, with rechargeable power supply.

Do you every find rooms and walls that are not square in your jobs, or floors that are not level?
Is that common, or rare?

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Do you every find rooms and walls that are not square in your jobs, or floors that are not level?
Is that common, or rare?

Most homes are out of level/square/plumb by the time I get to them lol

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

Most homes are out of level/square/plumb by the time I get to them lol

yea, once one part is out of level and square it probably makes everything else that way too

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

yea, once one part is out of level and square it probably makes everything else that way too

Houses expand and contract with the seasons and as the wood used to build them dries out.
Even if built by the best builder you can't keep mother nature from doing her thing.

 

[occupied]

Most homes are out of level/square/plumb by the time I get to them lol

Down here in Florida where we basically build on sand it's a real problem. I've seen 25 year old houses with 6 inch differences in floor levels. Some of the older beach houses built on wood pilings can be worse than that. There was one we had to lift as much as 8 inches in places to bring it back to level. All the doors had to be rehung and all the drywall cracked.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Down here in Florida where we basically build on sand it's a real problem. I've seen 25 year old houses with 6 inch differences in floor levels. Some of the older beach houses built on wood pilings can be worse than that. There was one we had to lift as much as 8 inches in places to bring it back to level. All the doors had to be rehung and all the drywall cracked.

Wow!

The worst I usually run into is and inch or so out of plumb in corners. Which many times isn't a big deal if it's just painted but if you put up anything with a pattern....well, you're fucked lol

 

[occupied]

Wow!

The worst I usually run into is and inch or so out of plumb in corners. Which many times isn't a big deal if it's just painted but if you put up anything with a pattern....well, you're fucked lol

Back about thirty years ago the methods of building on wood pilings were not that well understood. Usually the problem is that insufficient non-treated girders were simply bolted to the pilings and a house built on top. These days we use 40 foot concrete pilings driven as much as 25 feet deep with concrete girders. We use 5/8" steel rods to hold the whole thing down with more Simpson metal straps than you would even believe. It's a lot of work but I haven't had one blow away yet.