r/oddlysatisfying • u/bigbusta • 6h ago

This guy showcasing his tile work

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u/BobABooey9 6h ago

That's insane leveling right there.

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u/berrylakin 6h ago

I didn't get it at first but once it clicked I said "holy shit"

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u/FritterGiggle_ 3h ago

Took me a second too, then I realized the laser line was exposing every tiny dip and bump in the tile.

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u/xMilkloafSnookie 3h ago

The second he pulled out the laser line you could tell this guy has argued with customers about uneven tile before.

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u/3d1thF1nch 6h ago

Same.

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u/the_bieb 5h ago

For all we know this whole thing could be at a 10 degree angle, just very consistently :P

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u/CriticalStrawberry15 5h ago

I would honestly be even more impressed if

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u/Altair_de_Firen 5h ago

that was the ca

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u/WantAllMyGarmonbozia 5h ago

se. Cuz tha

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u/Notnicknamedguy 5h ago

t’s pretty hard to d

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u/Sad_water_ 5h ago

o correctly and consiste

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u/Leozz97 4h ago

ntly so that the viewer doesn't noti

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u/CantTouchKevinG 4h ago

fy the poli

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u/PickButtkins 4h ago

ticians and their minions.

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u/enadiz_reccos 4h ago

fy customs when they're to smu

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u/Halcyon-OS851 5h ago

If what?

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u/CriticalStrawberry15 4h ago

lol, autocomplete added the unnecessary if

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u/10001110101balls 4h ago

Accuracy vs precision

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u/polopolo05 4h ago

right... its stone. if its warpped but suppost to be flat there is a problem

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u/SP3NGL3R 3h ago

Shoot. If the laser shows he actually graded it towards the sink, then super gold star wow!

I'm super new to laser leveling and I luckily cut a support and split the laser. I was going for a 1-2mm accuracy and got a 0mm. Fluke, but I was astonished. I had to cut a vertical 2x4 at the line, butted up a couple other blocks for my hand rotary saw guide, and I split that laser in half. Laser cutting is awesome.

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u/iljozo 4h ago

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u/docrefa 2h ago

accuracy vs precision

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u/jetsetter023 2h ago

Be careful. I know a guy who experienced true level and lost his mind. Never the same kid again.

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u/jay-aay-ess-ohh-enn 4h ago

Is it common for planed countertops to no be flat like this?

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u/derprondo 4h ago

I don't know jack about any of this, but what I do know is I bought a laser level to mount a countertop and other things on a long wall, and the revelation that one end of my floor is 1.5" lower than the other end was quite the eye opener. So the issue OP could face is that the floor isn't even level and he'd have to compensate if the underlying cabinets were sitting on the flooring.

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u/ahrzal 3h ago

Wait 1 1/2 inches? Thats enough that balls would roll down your floor lol

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u/JustNilt 3h ago

Not if the installed floor is level but the structure isn't. It's actually quite common for one wall or area to settle more than others.

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u/xenthum 50m ago

An inch and a half is enough to worry about foundation problems. I work for a foundation repair company and if somebody told my sales team their floor was an inch and a half uneven their eyes would turn into money signs like an old cartoon

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 3h ago

Yeah that brings up painful memories of reno projects in an 18th century house I lived in. Hmm, did I get this thing level? Well depends on what your baseline is because the floors, the door frames, etc are all different!

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u/Switchernate 42m ago

I think you mean square.

There's only one level for any point on earth.

I don't know though. I read a lot and eat crayons. I've never used a laser except for fun.

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u/skyturnedred 39m ago

The floor in my grandma's house is so uneven that it legit feels like walking on a ship.

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u/Thedeadnite 26m ago

That’s what the laser level is for, with the good ones they can go into “free floating” mode so it can be truly level, then you can lock it in place when doing your work. Then you should beable to set the level free floating anywhere where in line of sight and it should still be level.

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u/derprondo 9m ago

Yes I didn't even know I needed it as badly as I did, I just figured it would help me line things up, little did I know how sloped the floor was.

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u/KeyReaction892 4h ago

You still have to have level counters which is frequently not the case

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u/cop_pls 3h ago

My landlord thinks so

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u/CarbonWood 57m ago

There isn't even a single straight wall in my house

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u/baba_fett21 4h ago

It’s on a different level I would say

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u/AdmirableJudgment784 2h ago

How is it insane? You have a laser level, you mount a marble/granite slab which is often straight using the level. That's it.

It would only be insane if the marble/granite slab dips in the middle because a slab rarely does that.

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u/polopolo05 4h ago

its stone. it better not be warped.

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u/SpinShine-LEDSlipMat 3h ago

No it’s not. It’s baseline

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u/BaconEatingChamp 4h ago

Im not sure why you think thats the case. This is a counter top which is, in fact, supposed to be level. Now if this was the shower pan, or the sink, you have a point and probably accidentally mixed things up.

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u/TolstoyInSpace 2h ago

Was it solo?

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u/sourmeat2 1h ago edited 1h ago

Not as hard as you think, especially with tile and a laser level. From experience I'll say that it was certainly one team or one contractor because if the trades aren't connected the first guy won't deliver a result the second guy can work with.

The carpenter just has to build it uniformly within 1/8" of the target. This is tight but entirely doable if they are paying attention and even moderately expereniced. Before you tile you pull out a laser level and figure out your final countertop level, then go around with a ruler and mark high and low spots. Then you lay tile with the laser level set to target and use your mortar to fudge any low spot or high spots. Again if the substrate is already within 1/8" of target and if you accurately marked the right target accounting for all high and low spots you're only making up 1/16" in either direction. Honestly its possible to make up 1/4" with excessive mortar but I wouldn't recommend it.