Why I lay out fence lines with a laser level, not strings

Everyone swears by string lines, but lasers cut my setup time in half. Picked this up from a civil engineer on a big job.

4 comments

4 Comments

oscar_morgan221mo ago

Stick with strings because they work without batteries or calibration. Lasers fail in bright light or on uneven ground where you need them most. Nothing beats physical lines for trust and speed in real conditions.

ryan8091mo ago

But what about overcast days when lasers work perfectly?

kai8391mo ago

Honestly, I've had the opposite happen. Last week my laser was useless on overcast concrete, the line just vanished. Had to dig out a chalk line. For me, the battery and calibration are a non-issue, it's the surface that decides.

verac361mo ago

Remember watching a crew try to string a fence in high winds last spring... the line was snapping and dancing all over the place. They finally borrowed my old laser just to get a straight shot started. Sometimes the old ways just fight you for no good reason. Makes you wonder what else we do just because it's always been done that way...