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I was dead wrong about using a level every three courses
For ten years I thought checking level every few rows was just a crutch for people who couldn't lay a straight line by eye. Took a job on a retaining wall in Portland last spring, 40 feet long, and I got cocky. By the time I hit course eight the whole thing was leaning a quarter inch to the left over ten feet. Had to tear out two full days of work and start over. Now I set my line and check level every third course without fail. Anyone else have a stubborn habit they had to break the hard way?
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adams.faith1mo ago
@grant728 nailed it... that compounding thing is sneaky. What nobody talks about is how the ground itself can settle under a wall while you're working, throwing your level off even if you're dead on the first time.
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