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The old timer who told me to stop leveling every course near Cleveland...
I was working on a retaining wall job in Lorain, Ohio about 4 years ago, and this guy in his 70s walks up and watches me for 10 minutes. He said I was wasting time making every single row perfectly level when the ground itself wasn't flat. He pointed out that a slightly sloped top course looks way better than having a 2 inch gap at the bottom on one end... now I think about that every time I lay block. Has anyone else had a old pro give you advice that totally went against what you learned in school?
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thomas.river14d ago
Learned more from that old guy in 10 minutes than all four years of trade school.
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michael_williams14d ago
Saw a video from some old mason in Pennsylvania saying the same thing. He called it "eyeballing the slope" and said level is for floors, not walls.
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