laser update

[chunkolini]

A few weeks back I was asking about lasers for levelling floors.
Some good advice sent me off to skrewfix
Plasterers took an eternity, mission creep led to a few weeks work not a few days, plaster the bedroom ended up like this. Take down and replace two ceilings, remove plaster and board over the whole stairwell, hallway, sort out various damp issues. Luckily i had a very good year last year and was able to get the whole caboodle done properly.
they left a few days back so I tore up the floor boards. I was scared to death of tis as I watched them take out all the floors and joists next door. But mine were all ol
So next job. Noggins across the front of the wardrobes then fit the first joist to get a level prior to sister the rest of them.
A right pain but no 1 is level to within about 2mm over 3.6m. Cheapo laser did it's job perfectly.
Floor up

I made a little mount for the laser, the bolts are to level it up if needed

This made me a happy bunny

The floor is level well ok the first pair of joists
Floor was out by 100mm across the 3.6m wide room
More tomorrow

 

[chunkolini]

Clearer photo

 

[dobbslc]

Tell you what, that line looks way better than my Stanley one!

Floor was out by 100mm across the 3.6m wide room

Have you checked for sinkholes?

 

[chunkolini]

Tell you what, that line looks way better than my Stanley one!



Have you checked for sinkholes?

These houses are slowly making their way to the beach.
In about a million years we'll get there

 

[6ply]

Good job.

Is the laser useable outside in daylight?

 

[zzr1200]

Good job.

Is the laser useable outside in daylight?

Mmm yes and no depends on the brightness of the sun + distance....... I might have to take up night time DIY for the new larger garden shed base.......

 

[Ian X]

Good job.

Is the laser useable outside in daylight?

Mileage varies, barely ever might be the best description. Morning and evening twilight is a definite yes, noon on a June day, no. The detectors work very well, you don't see a fancy line but you can mark your levels easily. I put my Huepar laser up against my neighbours rotating Hilti wonder and it is just as accurate and just as hard to see in anything like sunlight, both good in a three sided barn with shade from the sun. Difference between the fixed line and the rotating one is length of vision, mine peters out after some length depending on ambient light, his Hilti is the same intensity for much further.
I fitted two 8M length wall plates last weekend and then joist hangers when the resin anchors were cured. Nice to be able to get both sides of a large space level without having to resort to the old ways and so fast. The ceiling to floor poles with the spring and the foot activated lock are magic or better than magic, plumb the pole using the laser then mount the laser on the pole. Slide the laser near to the desired height and use the fine adjustment jack to get the line. Tripods are alright for small works at low height, not much use for anything else.

 

[chunkolini]

ive not tried it outside but indoors its fine in daylight at least up to 4m

 

[zzr1200]

ive not tried it outside but indoors its fine in daylight at least up to 4m

I have the same level for the same special offer price.
For the price it'll do, if I'd have spent hundreds on bosch/dewalt/hilti/or some other major name, I'd want to it do 10/20m in bright daylight outside.

 

[brightspark]

i have the red line one and it best shows up on the yellow tape measure. was over 230 quid when i bought it 15 years ago . still use my water levels though outside it dont get any more accurate than that

 

[Ed.]

I have the same level for the same special offer price.
For the price it'll do, if I'd have spent hundreds on bosch/dewalt/hilti/or some other major name, I'd want to it do 10/20m in bright daylight outside.

I paid about $700AU for a Bosch green multi level laser and in the bright daylight you can't even see 8m. However you can get a green laser detector which works well and detects the beam in bright daylight even if you can't physically see it, but that also adds to the cost, so I don't think that any of them will allow you to see the beam in the bright daylight. Indoors it isn't a problem but not outside in bright daylight.

 

[chunkolini]

Another update here. Joists are going well. Still level, one or two are out by about 2mm. How accurate do I need to be? I may faff about with plastic shims to tidy things up before I fit the chipboard flooring.
8 Done; 4 left to finish.
Knee pads and cordless tools are a big help.