It's also important that you make sure you hold perfectly vertical that piece of wood where you do the marks. If tilted, it can give you a bad reading. :)

@Pat0rchard

9 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I thought...

@MrYoucandoityourself

9 жыл бұрын

***** Good for you!

@joshuamanjaro1888

6 жыл бұрын

One could also rock it forward and backward and look for the lowest point. rocking it forward and backward would make the laser move up the wood piece.

@unaaiua3450

5 жыл бұрын

Pat Orchard .

@calebwillhelm2635

5 жыл бұрын

Ya this video is fucking retarded

if you had unfinished walls that could be written on with pencil, could you also draw long lines along the laser with a straight edge and move the tripod around the floor to compare?

This video combined with some good points in the comments was incredibly helpful, thank you!

@MrYoucandoityourself

3 жыл бұрын

You are the first person who like this video. Thanks!

This video is flawed. You will not get an accurate measurment on the vertical wood of it is not plumb each time you take the lazer mark.

@MrYoucandoityourself

8 жыл бұрын

+Jack Jill I'll make much better video on this topic in the future.

i see... so this is what i looking for. thank you sir

Your video is really helpful. In this video you have a max/min deviation of only 1/4th inch, did you still lay self leveling compound for this project? I am trying to understand how much deviation is ok to grind and patch, and how much to lay a complete self level compound. Thank you in advance.

@MrYoucandoityourself

10 жыл бұрын

1/8" on 8ft area is normal deviation. You just need to find small bumps and grind them. If deviation is bigger, you should use concrete floor leveling compound. Sometimes there are slopes of the floor. This problem you should solve with your customer and ask his decision because it costs more money.

@frostylikely

8 жыл бұрын

+MrYoucandoityourself Does this mean if I lay a 8' straight edge on the concrete floor and I can't get a 1/8" object such as a drill bit under the straight edge anywhere the floor passed the flatness test?

@fluffycookie519

7 жыл бұрын

yes

Just got one, and can't stress this enough... don't close up your sub floor renovation area until you've shot a laser level across all sub floor support beams. This will allow you to know what beams need shims, and then you don't have these level quick areas that are obviously covering up the real issue, that the vertical beam supports need to be leveled FIRST! I made this mistake years ago, and just this past week (56 year old house) now understand what structural members need adjustment before even thinking about level quick.

@MrYoucandoityourself

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for commenting!

You can put the laser tripod in ANY place. Than you should looking for the highest spot using piece of board (or stick) and compare almost each sq.ft. Why highest spot? Because you should add some concrete floor leveling compound.

How do you determine the BASE level relative to which you measure the rest of the spots?

@MrYoucandoityourself

9 жыл бұрын

humanyoda First I am looking for the highest point.

@pob643

7 жыл бұрын

How do you find the highest point?

How much deviation do you get if the wood you are using isnt at the same angle as the first measurement? could this account for the 1/8inch difference?

@MrYoucandoityourself

10 жыл бұрын

You have to try. Put your wood under the different angles and you'll see.

@MrSerella

10 жыл бұрын

thanks for the reply, im going to be doing my dining room and your method looks good just wanted to make sure i dont need to plumb the board to be totally accurate.

@MrYoucandoityourself

10 жыл бұрын

Good luck in your project!

@neurozero

9 жыл бұрын

@ christopher you can put masking tape on leveler and use that instead of wood plank

how do you know your laser is sitting on a level surface in relation to the rest of the floor. this doesn't seem right to me and you would want a level on your stick too, right?

@MrYoucandoityourself

4 жыл бұрын

I am using pencil. Not a big mistake, if pencil not straight, and very fast to check. Another idea 4D laser level. Bottom laser show you all imperfections 5/16” . I have video how it’s work. Just put laser any please and bottom lane make green all high spots. Move to that green market spot laser and you will see another marked green spots. Move laser to that free place. When you don’t have more green market places- this is the high spot . Easy find in one miner, just move the laser. I sell it with tripods and separate on my site, Just$299Cad.

What is the background music? Cool tune!

@MrYoucandoityourself

8 жыл бұрын

+Rob Kelman Sorry, I don't remember where I get it...

add a 2 dollar RV bubble level and stick it on the top. As long as the angles are even all the time you have the same reference point. Want a reusable way? Get some colored rubber bands.

@MrYoucandoityourself

8 жыл бұрын

+rick w Thanks for good idea!

what if the laser tri pod is standing on a low spot of the concrete slab, or a high spot?

@joshuamanjaro1888

6 жыл бұрын

that wouldn't matter you would measure each room individually. so its not a matter of the laser laying in a low spot or not. when it come to checking that room you would move the laser to another room.

Good

@MrYoucandoityourself

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

I suggest using a 1x2 board with a ruler or yardstick taped to it to take your readings with. It would then not be necessary to write on the board. Once you determine your base elevation by taking some random shots, it would be very easy to determine how much higher or lower a particular spot is by directly reading the difference on the ruler. Also, when you take each reading, you should slowly move the top of your board in and out, watching your laser line reading while doing so, and you can tell the board is plumb when your reading is at the lowest point. I used this method in a room after I snapped grid lines on the floor spaced every foot. I recorded the shots and could instantly see where the high spots and the low spots were.

@MrYoucandoityourself

8 жыл бұрын

+Bob Smith Good advice! Thank you for watching!

@richardpellis

Жыл бұрын

I like the snapping lines idea. Quick way to lay out a grid. Perhaps overkill for some, but that's how I tend to roll anyway.

You know.. I just laugh at some of you with the complaints on some of these KZread videos.. Surely, you've never heard of the phrase "IT"S MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A CAT" how do some of you figure your way is the right way?? SERIOUSLY??? That's the way YOU learned how to do it.. DAMN! just watch the video on how HE does it and learn from it.. a lot of times you'll find a better way by watching someone else... GET MY POINT???

@infraprods

5 жыл бұрын

You're missing the point. First of all, they're not complaints, they are warnings to some poor schlub that thinks they now know how to level a floor. This isn't about alternate methods, it's about being thorough and correct in the particular method he's using.

@jamesrolland6186

3 жыл бұрын

*there's

I'm trying to figure out why you'd spend all this labor time finding the high and low spots when the next step is the same no matter what: you pour down some leveling patch. Has anyone ever found perfect flatness in the slab? How likely is it?

@MrYoucandoityourself

10 жыл бұрын

I have been working as a floor installer for more than 10 years. I met the ideal concrete floor only three times for this period. Why am I looking for low and high spots? Good question! If I apply self leveling floor compound to all concrete floor I'll spend lots of material, time and customer's money. Unfortunately customers are not always ready to pay $3.00 per sq.ft (usually till $1.00). That's why I am looking for low spots and patch them. And I am grinding if I find high spots. Hope it helps.

@frostylikely

8 жыл бұрын

+MrYoucandoityourself If possible I would like to see a video where you have just patched the low spots and ground the high spots rather that apply Self leveler to the entire floor

@MrYoucandoityourself

8 жыл бұрын

Here is a video with a bump grinding: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ha19qtugaZO0ZZs.html

If you have a piece of wood Check the level of the concrete slab At some point you have to put it straight, so it makes the measurement inaccurate. To you took a piece of wood, you should find the verticals of wood you bring the check.

@MrYoucandoityourself

9 жыл бұрын

สุนทร ถิรวดี There are several ways how to check a subfloor level. You see just one of them in this video. Thank you for watching and commenting!

How can you find level around a square room without spending a lot of a self-leveling laser?

@MrYoucandoityourself

7 жыл бұрын

I don't understand your question, sorry.

@skutsenkow

7 жыл бұрын

if your trying to go up a few inches from floor and draw a line where it's level. e.g. 4" up from concrete, draw a line around the room that's on all 4 walls.

super star

@MrYoucandoityourself

7 жыл бұрын

No, Michael Jackson is superstar!

But how can you possibly do this to every square inch of the room?

@MrYoucandoityourself

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Christopher, can you have a look on my last video - kzread.info/dash/bejne/jIJko7CIaZnLYrg.html, I just publish it, there is more explanation. Thanks

Place the laser level on the floor and in the corner of the space. After that, measure with your ruler all different spots.

@MrYoucandoityourself

5 жыл бұрын

Watch the new video about it this Friday. Thanks.

@toscodav

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrYoucandoityourself Hello. is the new video available?

@MrYoucandoityourself

3 жыл бұрын

@@toscodav Here it is - kzread.info/dash/bejne/op2ekpJxdrOccag.html

Semantics matter when doing flooring and many people are confused when the term "levelling" is used because that's really NOT what's important, FLATNESS is important. You can have a floor that slopes (not level) say 1, or even 1 1/2 inches from one side of the room to the other over say 16 ft. but that matters not because as long as the span is FLAT then the "out of level condition" won't be seen by eye. Bedrooms and even living rooms and family room oftentimes have this condition. Stop referring to flooring preparation as "levelling". Most concrete slabs are not "level", but they are FLAT.

@MrYoucandoityourself

3 жыл бұрын

Here it is: What Is the Difference Between Flat and Level Floor? - kzread.info/dash/bejne/q2SXz6aJlMnToZM.html

Ok, I can see how to find the high and low places on the floor....but then what?

@MrYoucandoityourself

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Brian, I made a new video about how to find low and high spots with laser, I will publish it this Friday.

@carlos-aguirre

3 жыл бұрын

Use levelers between tiles

Prise

@MrYoucandoityourself

3 жыл бұрын

Great

Whether this video is good or bad depends on its intent. If it is intended to let an owner recognize what their contractor is doing, then it's great. However, if you're a doityourselfer and you think you've just learned how to identify levelness of a floor well enough to do something about it, you'd be very disappointed. Here's some very basic info that's missing: 1. Where you should be trying to place your laser (answer: the highest point on the floor, so that you are mostly patching low spots, instead of grinding high spots - grinding creates a mess that requires a different level of protection and it creates silica dust which is now shown to be extremely dangerous). 2. How often do you take measurements? (every 3' in all directions, or as it's said in the trade, "on 3 foot centers" ) 3. Is dimensional lumber (a piece of wood that can be warped or cut unevenly at the ends) the best tool to use to measure tiny variations? (NO - use a straight edge that preferably has gradations, or better yet use a laser level pole, which is the actual tool made to this.) 4. How do you hold the pole (perfectly vertical, which is tough to do with a piece of wood - remember you're trying to measure height differences down to 1/8" - are you good enough to eyeball that with an average piece of lumber?) Here's the thing - there are dozens of tiny details that can be addressed in a video, but would take 3 pages of comments to cover. In anticipation of the "where's your video" comment, I don't do them. When I was in the floor leveling business I presented this exact topic to professionals at the 2 largest industry trade shows The Covering Show and Surfaces. I also taught seminars at architects and worked with contractors on leveling projects that spanned from World Trade in NY to high-rise condos in Seattle.

@MrYoucandoityourself

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks,I will redo it this video.

It looks like this floor it's been done by a very non professional handy man

@MrYoucandoityourself

6 жыл бұрын

I agree with you.

haha so wrong. use a level man. better yet. set the laser 150mm above the floor and use your tape measure.

@MrYoucandoityourself

5 жыл бұрын

Hi John, this video pretty old, you can find more my videos with leveling and laser use explanation .Thanks.

@JohnJohn-bu8np

5 жыл бұрын

@@MrYoucandoityourself i see, thanks for the reply. Great videos.