Hi I am repairing a lean to shed roof against a old stone wall, the current roof is coming down and being rebuilt with old timbers from the house, the rafters are going to be dug into the wall and concreted in, then nailed down onto the 'wall plate' which runs across the pillars at the front. The rafter centres are going to be very wide as only metal corrugate is going up so not a lot of weight to be supported. On the far left some new holes have to be chiselled out of the wall, how can I get the new hole positions level with the old as they are about 10 m away to get level rafters without a laser level? And how would you fix the timbers which will properly be 5x1 standing on their edge to the hollow block and concrete pillars? Sorry for the poor picture will get better ones today with the full view of the shed. Thanks Jack Mitchell
buy yourself a water level (+/- 1mm over 1000s of miles) - way more accurate than a laser lever, and it'll never run out of juice
I would have thought holding a 5m length of sturdy timber with a 3ft level on it, marking, then again and ping a chalkline all along would be enough for that application! Slightly raise each end when fitting. Mr. HandyAndy - Really
I was thinking string line and put a level just above the line to check. It dosent need to be perfect but I couldn't measure up from the ground due to the unlevelnes of the ground.
With a line level, just make sure you place it in the middle of the run of line, this allows for any sagging in the line.
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