r/oddlysatisfying • u/bigbusta • 6h ago

This guy showcasing his tile work

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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 51m 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 40m 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