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Site Work and Foundations

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Tip: Keeping track of underground utilities

by Tim Crocker

Using a Builder’s Level
Video: Using a Builder’s LevelOnline Membership Required

Find the high spots by comparing measurements taken at different points along the foundation by Jim Anderson

Squaring and Leveling Mudsills
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Squaring and Leveling MudsillsOnline Membership Required

If you assume the foundation is accurate, you may end up custom cutting each rafter and fussing with every miter in your trim by Rick Arnold, Mike Guertin

Tip: Iris at the corners

by Betsy Race

Giant-contour gauge
Tip: Giant-contour gauge

by Dan TishmanAndy Williamson

Tip: Chalk lines on wet concrete

by Gil Meador

Tip: Durable chalklines

by Dennis Lamonica

Dryline spool
Tip: Dryline spool

by Jeffrey D. Taylor

Levels and TransitsOnline Membership Required

Shooting lines and grades involves nothing more than what meets the eye by Stephen Suddarth

Limeless lines
Tip: Limeless lines

by Eric Carter

Tip: Chalkbox conversion

by Robert Francis

Tip: Foundation line markers

by Charles Fockaert

Tip: Survey savvy

by Eric Carter

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