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I thought using a laser level for a simple garden wall was overkill, but I was wrong.
My neighbor asked me to build a short brick planter, maybe 15 courses high, and I figured I could just eyeball it with a string line. He had a basic laser level and kept pushing me to use it, so I finally gave in. After setting it up, I saw my first three courses were off by almost half an inch on one end. I fixed it right then and the whole thing went up perfectly straight in about two hours. What's a job you thought was too small for a tool that ended up saving your bacon?
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piperbailey17d agoMost Upvoted
Grab a torpedo level for hanging shelves, even the short ones. I used to just trust the shelf bracket, but those little levels show a tilt you can't see by eye. It stops that annoying thing where everything rolls to one end. Now I won't even put up a single kitchen rack without checking it first.
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Try a stud finder on a simple picture hook. I always thought they were just for big stuff, but hitting a solid anchor feels way better than guessing. It saves so much time fixing mistakes.
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kelly38517d ago
Wait, you were hanging pictures without a stud finder this whole time?! That's like playing drywall roulette!
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