Saw a guy at a job site in Denver use a chalk line to mark his whole layout

I was helping a buddy frame a basement last month and this older carpenter just snapped chalk lines across the whole floor before cutting anything. It took him maybe 10 minutes to mark everything out while I was over there measuring and remeasuring each wall. Now I do the same thing on every project and it saves me at least an hour of double-checking stuff. Has anyone else switched to laying out everything at once instead of piece by piece?

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evan_wilson1820d ago

I mean, I get why people do it but I've had that backfire on me before. Once I laid out a whole floor and then realized the wall I was working off was actually an inch out of square, so everything was off and I had to redo it. Doing it piece by piece lets you catch stuff like that as you go instead of finding out after you've already committed. Idk, maybe it's just me but I'd rather spend the extra time measuring than have to tear stuff apart later.

josephbutler20d ago

Ha, yeah I feel that. I once spent a whole weekend laying tile in my kitchen, got it all done, and then realized the whole floor was a half inch higher on one side because the subfloor was busted. Learned my lesson the hard way too.