Just realized my level was off by a quarter inch on that Wilson job

Was working on a retaining wall over on Wilson Street last Tuesday. The homeowner kept saying something looked crooked but I brushed it off. After three courses I finally checked my 4-foot level with a square and sure enough it was reading false. Someone must have dropped it on the last job. Now I gotta tear down half the wall and start over. Has anyone else had a level go bad on them like that?

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davis.adam1d ago

My buddy Dave had a 2-foot level that was fine until he loaned it out for a weekend, came back and it was reading a good half-inch off (never found out who dropped it). He ended up tearing out a whole bathroom vanity before he caught it.

rubys801d ago

That's why I never loan out my tools anymore. Learned that lesson the hard way myself.

the_mila1d ago

Hate to say it but that's just how people are these days, nobody treats borrowed stuff like it's their own. Takes one careless friend to mess up a tool you've had for years and they never even fess up to it. Funny how we learn more about people from what they break than what they say.