Thanks for this. Brought a set of cheap levels (Hika brand) I'm half way through building my outbuilding. Started to notice some beds going to 80mm or 70mm. Put the level on says plum. Turn the level around bubble nearly out the lines.! Used this method to check to confirm. These cheap Hika levels have lot of space between the lines. Binned them and went and brought set of Stanley fatmax pro's. Lines are tight. Luckily just few beds few mm out. Luckily it's just an outbuilding. For any beginners out there like myself take my advice and don't buy cheap as I ended up buying twice! Get your self set of decent levels. I wanted stabila but budget couldn't stretch! After re search I went for the Stanley fatmax. Keep up good work Rodian.
Great tips for apprentices, I found out the hard way that my stabila 2ft was out when I done 5 door linings and looked at the heads and thought they look pissed, checked with my level said they were perfect then done the same trick as you to check the level for level and realised I had to get a new one 😂😂
That sucks! I checked up a side of a house with someone elses level once and it said it was a country mile out.....Checked it with my level and luckily it was his that was out not mine....He had to take his side down 🤣🤣
Good video! As a beginner, I would have like to know what "plum" meant to a professional. What is the correct way of reading the level? Where should the bubble be? Should it be bang in the centre with equal space between the bubble and the left and right lines? If yes, then I have nothing level in my house! Nothing in my house has the bubble right bang in the middle with the equal spacing either side of the bubble.
"Plum" comes from the Latin "Plumbum" it means lead, as in the metal lead. In the context of being perpendicular it comes from hanging a lead (Plumbum) weight from a string in order to gauge if a vertical structure is perpendicular to the datum surface. Therefore we have terms like "plum line" and indeed a Plumber is called a plumber because water pipes in Roman times were made from lead... Plumbum, plum, plum worker, plumber. The term Plum has been taken into the magic bubble machine because it's more accurate than a lead weight on a string but is still measuring the same thing, which is 90 degrees.
My dad taught me another way. Hold your level against a wall and draw a line. Then flip it and draw another line over it. If it's the same, you're good. If they criss cross, your level is out of whack.
I have never checked my levels that way but do have a habit of turning them around every few weeks as I am building and if they were out I sure I would see it that way, but maybe I will just use the screws to check them properly. 👍
Hi, love your vids but...... when you check for plumb your way will work and flag up any faults, once you've spin the level you should check the same bubble that is now at the bottom of the level or you could spin the level inside out. Never though of using screws, thats going to be used! Did not want to post this as your a top man and maybe you realised after, so please feel free to kick my comment out/off if your able. but worth knowing for everyone else. Many thanks for all your videos, clips and taking the time to share your days with us.
I don't delete comments at all (unless they are racist or down right horrible). I did forget to tell people to check both vials so i added some text in the viddy to remind people. It was one of the first things i was taught at college. The screws are deffo an easy way of doing it.
My levels all have plumb bubble one end and 45 bubble other end. Just wondered if anyone has ever used a 45 bubble on a level 😂 Also: Could it ever read the same both ways round but not be true plumb? I allways assumed to check a level for plumb you use a plumb bob line and for level you just use like a trough of water cos water finds level right? Now I think about it, my levels have a hole in... pop a nail into something thru that hole and gravity will dangle it at true plumb, then check your bubble?
Alright dude I've just started as a improver bricklayer with my old gang and everyone takes the piss out my levels (my dad) got a me a set of them JCB levels from b&q surely it makes no difference as long as they read true right? Plus they are magnetic so a dream for pluming and leveling steels
Greetings from beautiful Orlando, we moved house the day before we left so I don’t know where my levels are 😬. As of right now I couldn’t care less where they are 😂😂😎. I must check them though 😬🧱👍🏼
You guys love a bit of Orlando!! Back on the rides are we? I'm not surprised you don't give a hoot where they are 🤣🤣 Hope you have a good trip and congrats on the new house too 👍😁😎
In America if you show up to the job with a 6' level you'll get laughed off the jobsite.😂 ...come to think, that's a good idea for a Benny Hill episode. you remember Benny Hill? that might be before your time.?
The easy way is to replace them every 6 months or so . As you know they drop through scaffolding and fall over etc . 40 quid every 6 months is worth the sacrifice. In my opinion!!
This is why there's a hole in one end of a Stabila level. You literally drill a screw into a piece of upright timber as is shown in the video and you hang the level on it using the factory-made hole. Once it's completely still you check the bubble for plumb. You let gravity do the work. I had to check an improver's level for plumb recently because it looked like it'd come from a toy shop so I hammered a nail into a blockwork bed and hung the level off it. Crude, but it works.
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Thanks for this. Brought a set of cheap levels (Hika brand) I'm half way through building my outbuilding. Started to notice some beds going to 80mm or 70mm. Put the level on says plum. Turn the level around bubble nearly out the lines.! Used this method to check to confirm. These cheap Hika levels have lot of space between the lines. Binned them and went and brought set of Stanley fatmax pro's. Lines are tight. Luckily just few beds few mm out. Luckily it's just an outbuilding.
For any beginners out there like myself take my advice and don't buy cheap as I ended up buying twice! Get your self set of decent levels. I wanted stabila but budget couldn't stretch! After re search I went for the Stanley fatmax.
Keep up good work Rodian.
Brilliantly easy to follow. Learning by watching...very good videos and thanks for making them. I'm a complete novice...even lego gives me problems..!
Спасибо! Все просто и понятно без перевода, полезное видео!
Love the vids man I just started brick laying at college and watching ur vids is very helpful, all the best and keep them coming
Thanks for the comment Jake. Glad to hear you're enjoying the vids, don't worry they will keep on coming 😁👍
This comment was made 4 years ago, how's it going man? Did you pass? Are you now a qualified bricklaying? And Have you got kids?
That magnet trick with the trowel I'm on that 👍👊
If they are out of level. How do you correct them?
What do u do if they are bad? You have to buy new one?
Great tips for apprentices, I found out the hard way that my stabila 2ft was out when I done 5 door linings and looked at the heads and thought they look pissed, checked with my level said they were perfect then done the same trick as you to check the level for level and realised I had to get a new one 😂😂
That sucks! I checked up a side of a house with someone elses level once and it said it was a country mile out.....Checked it with my level and luckily it was his that was out not mine....He had to take his side down 🤣🤣
Welcome back mate
Good video! As a beginner, I would have like to know what "plum" meant to a professional. What is the correct way of reading the level? Where should the bubble be? Should it be bang in the centre with equal space between the bubble and the left and right lines? If yes, then I have nothing level in my house! Nothing in my house has the bubble right bang in the middle with the equal spacing either side of the bubble.
"Plum" comes from the Latin "Plumbum" it means lead, as in the metal lead. In the context of being perpendicular it comes from hanging a lead (Plumbum) weight from a string in order to gauge if a vertical structure is perpendicular to the datum surface. Therefore we have terms like "plum line" and indeed a Plumber is called a plumber because water pipes in Roman times were made from lead... Plumbum, plum, plum worker, plumber. The term Plum has been taken into the magic bubble machine because it's more accurate than a lead weight on a string but is still measuring the same thing, which is 90 degrees.
You the man 👍🏻
My dad taught me another way. Hold your level against a wall and draw a line. Then flip it and draw another line over it. If it's the same, you're good. If they criss cross, your level is out of whack.
Awesome
I have never checked my levels that way but do have a habit of turning them around every few weeks as I am building and if they were out I sure I would see it that way, but maybe I will just use the screws to check them properly. 👍
Always handy to give them a quick check. Don't want out of plumb work do we 😁👍
Hi, love your vids but...... when you check for plumb your way will work and flag up any faults, once you've spin the level you should check the same bubble that is now at the bottom of the level or you could spin the level inside out. Never though of using screws, thats going to be used!
Did not want to post this as your a top man and maybe you realised after, so please feel free to kick my comment out/off if your able. but worth knowing for everyone else.
Many thanks for all your videos, clips and taking the time to share your days with us.
I don't delete comments at all (unless they are racist or down right horrible). I did forget to tell people to check both vials so i added some text in the viddy to remind people. It was one of the first things i was taught at college. The screws are deffo an easy way of doing it.
My levels all have plumb bubble one end and 45 bubble other end. Just wondered if anyone has ever used a 45 bubble on a level 😂
Also: Could it ever read the same both ways round but not be true plumb? I allways assumed to check a level for plumb you use a plumb bob line and for level you just use like a trough of water cos water finds level right?
Now I think about it, my levels have a hole in... pop a nail into something thru that hole and gravity will dangle it at true plumb, then check your bubble?
Another great video 👍👍
Cheers Sean 😁👍
Thanks for that 1 mate 👍🏻
No worries pal 😁👍
Did anyone else notice the long level was resting on the battery drill when he checked it for level Silly boy..
Alright dude I've just started as a improver bricklayer with my old gang and everyone takes the piss out my levels (my dad) got a me a set of them JCB levels from b&q surely it makes no difference as long as they read true right? Plus they are magnetic so a dream for pluming and leveling steels
I had a ropey old generic level when I started. As long as it reads true don't worry what anyone else says. Love a good magnet on a level 😁👍
When I was a youngster, spirit levels were adjustable! do not see that now! - do you just throw them away now?
Why put screws in just drop your level on and spin it round
Greetings from beautiful Orlando, we moved house the day before we left so I don’t know where my levels are 😬. As of right now I couldn’t care less where they are 😂😂😎.
I must check them though 😬🧱👍🏼
You guys love a bit of Orlando!! Back on the rides are we? I'm not surprised you don't give a hoot where they are 🤣🤣 Hope you have a good trip and congrats on the new house too 👍😁😎
Rodian Builds . Cheers buddy 😎🧱👍🏽
i thought you would at least show how the bubbles can be adjusted.
I must admit I check mine quite a bit because I wack the hell out of them 😂😂😂👍👍👍
We all have a good whack every now and then 🤣🔨
@@RodianBuilds 😂😂😂
In America if you show up to the job with a 6' level you'll get laughed off the jobsite.😂 ...come to think, that's a good idea for a Benny Hill episode. you remember Benny Hill? that might be before your time.?
The easy way is to replace them every 6 months or so . As you know they drop through scaffolding and fall over etc . 40 quid every 6 months is worth the sacrifice.
In my opinion!!
I'm a tight git so I prefer a couple of screws🤣 Each to their own though 😁👍
This is why there's a hole in one end of a Stabila level. You literally drill a screw into a piece of upright timber as is shown in the video and you hang the level on it using the factory-made hole. Once it's completely still you check the bubble for plumb. You let gravity do the work. I had to check an improver's level for plumb recently because it looked like it'd come from a toy shop so I hammered a nail into a blockwork bed and hung the level off it. Crude, but it works.
I have had one 20 years not the same one lol and I did not no that you learn something new everyday nice one 👍👍👍
Lawrence Curwen I've learned something new today. Cheers for that tip. 🧱 👍
I didn't know that either. Looks like a few people have learnt something new today. Cheers pal! 😁👍
Alert! Rodian! at 2:19 it seems like you put the level on the battery! Alert!
Thanks for the alert but it was just off the battery. I thought it was on there when i was filming but it was just short 😁👍
Phew! Love the vids mate! Cheers from a swedish bricky
Some git nicked my stabila Monday, now I've got a Stanley fatmax whilst on this job :(
I've never used a fat max but I hear good things about them
You use a plumb Bob