Better Your Game From Handy to AWESOME | Laser Level Review

hey guys jeff from home renovation here today i am going to be sharing with you probably one of my favorite tools it's the most versatile tool for problem solving and making sure that your renovation finishes perfect okay here's how you all see me talk about this you've seen the red line but today's video i'm going to show you all about the features and benefits of this bad boy all right and i'm going to show you all the versatility that comes along with this now this is a dewalt oh look at that even comes with batteries in the package i got my own here just in case but maybe we don't need them it's a dewalt crossline does two lines it'll do a horizontal and it'll do a vertical and it'll throw a cross on a wall great for cabinet installations and all that sort of thing hanging any kind of fixture but people have always asked me in the comment section you know how does it work and that's a really good question i'll just throw them all up and see that works so here i'll just demonstrate on me boom does a horizontal line does a vertical line and you'll see that even if the level is moving around a lot and when it goes solid line then you know it's level try to keep this out of my eyeballs i don't need any more of that going on so this is what we call a self-leveling laser okay so when you set it on a surface even if it's on an angle if it's too much of an angle it'll just sit in flash otherwise it self levels and it continues to draw us all the line for you which is awesome right because then you can put it anywhere now it comes with a couple of features so come to this awesome bracket and it's kind of cool it's got a little bit of a clip here right so you can clip it onto something it's not incredibly versatile as a clip but if you're using uh metal studs and that sort of thing this comes in handy but the back is a metal plate these are integrated magnets okay so it attaches to the plate and you can hang it somewhere and it can go on any line like that right and that's great but the idea behind this is you can actually hang this on your suspended ceiling okay and that's really what this is for it's for the uh the suspended ceiling grid right because we use these a lot when we're putting up a suspended ceiling so if you're going to do a basement and you're not a big drywall fan and you want to keep your system really simple you can go vertical drywall so you only have one kind of fill joint and it's really easy and then install it at a suspended ceiling you clip this on the grid and it drops you a line right here okay and that line goes around the whole room and you can just measure up from that line the same spot all through the room and have a perfectly level ceiling and that way right people are gonna be all impressed the other thing that magnet does this is really cool max follow me over here if you are thinking the end from the beginning and before your drywall phase you'll know that you got two options you got a paper corner or metal corner well metal corner bead no problem right drop that on anywhere on that bead laser level run it around the room okay this is awesome so you can stick this in the corner of the house which means if you're doing fixtures in your bathroom or you're mounting shelves in the living room you have the flexibility to stick this on any of your metal corner beads and you're gonna be good to go if you use the plastic beads or the paper ones you might run into some difficulty so consider the end from the beginning when you're building might be a good option the other option you have of course if you look on the bottom it's got a thread on it and that is a universal quarter inch thread now here's what i mean you can go on our amazon store and you can order up a simple stand like this for cameras cameras have the same quarter inch thread okay and this is how i use my laser level i put it on something that's adjustable like this okay so i can adjust the height click on my laser i'm good to go now people ask me sometimes you know how did you get everything in this kitchen so perfect it's because i installed everything with this laser level when the wall was empty and i put my wall plugs in i pulled out my laser level when i put in my sills for the windows and installed the windows i use a laser level when i put in the cabinets i use a laser level when i did the tile i use the laser level now everywhere on this wall no matter where you go it's freaking flawless all right not because i'm amazing because this tool is amazing learn to love it you know and if you're interested if you'd like to see the video about how i did this tile we actually did this video how to install the tile we use the laser because we have the inset here it's very detailed work and if you learn how to use a tool properly then you'll be able to handle a tile project like that even as a beginner so i'll put the link up here for you and i'll be honest with you many years ago the industry standard for doing work like this electrician would come in and pull out a tape measure you'd measure from the floor to the plug or the ceiling different techniques right but back in those days we use dimensional lumbers floors and they're all a little bit wonky measurements were never perfect okay and nobody cared because we were using laminate counters that had the built-in backsplash well times have changed and so now everybody wants to put in a backsplash tile the first thing you want to do before you go start tiling is get your laser level out and go open up your wall and adjust all your boxes because i'm going to guarantee you they're not level for whatever reasons electricians are not using this tool for the most part when they're putting in plugs now they they're coming along now okay there's a higher standard of quality being expected from them especially on renovation projects if you're an electrician on a on a renovation and the the project manager doesn't expect you to use a laser level the project manager should be shot right just take them up behind the bar and give them a good beating because in your house if you're getting a contractor in there you should have a laser level too check their work and if it isn't level say one second please can you move all those boxes onto my little red line here because i'm going to be using a tile and if every one of these boxes is up or below a grout line it screams shoddy work right so buy yourself a laser level if you're a diyer that make you look like a pro if you're a homeowner hiring a contractor you can keep an eye on your contractor make sure that things are going well because if it doesn't start level it's not going to finish level now if you want to know how to get your hands on one of these it's simple you can always go down to the local store and you can buy it for the same price you can get it on amazon but if you like the fact that i'm helping you with this information hit the like button and go down to the description of our video and follow our link to go shop on amazon and we get our small little influencer commission for helping you decide to buy one of these bad boys there's a lot of different options a lot of different lasers okay so they have price points down there as low as 60 bucks you can buy lasers that go a huge distance and buy special glasses for them i'm just saying for most interior work something middle of the road like this do the wall cross line is the perfect tool for the job i've been using it for years and it makes me look a lot better than i am so cheers for watching the video don't forget to subscribe to the channel if you haven't alright and if you have other tool ideas that you'd like to see me do a review about then put some information in the comments section down below i'd love to hear your thoughts on that and hey listen if you haven't yet joined us on instagram you should go hit the instagram button because we're giving a lot of behind the scenes videos in there up-to-date information on the renovation of our 1880 farmhouse and we're doing giveaways and here's one of them i'm giving this laser level away to somebody on that page so go and check out that link right now because that opportunity to get the free laser level is up in that instagram today don't delay otherwise you can click the link up here it's got our bench series where i'm comparing a lot of different products and installation techniques and tools and all that sort of stuff you're the kind of nitty-gritty that you got to know before you do any renovations in your house so you don't run into problems cheers till we see you next time

Channel: Home RenoVision DIY

Views: 249,337

Rating: 4.9120421 out of 5

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Id: LJ0o0-huO90

Length: 8min 14sec (494 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 20 2020