{"id":3423,"date":"2015-04-27T21:30:53","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T02:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/?p=3423"},"modified":"2015-04-27T21:30:53","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T02:30:53","slug":"house-establishing-the-site-and-leveling-for-piers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/?p=3423","title":{"rendered":"House &#8211; Establishing the Site and Leveling for Piers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Level, like an Egyptian. This method is both cheap and very accurate. Note the use of windshield wiper fluid for color &amp; anti-freeze.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1409.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3427\" alt=\"IMG_1409\" src=\"https:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1409-500x373.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Zeno&#8217;s paradox?<\/p>\n<p><center>[mejsvideo mp4=&#8221;http:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/videos\/IMG_1408.MOV.mp4&#8243; ogg=&#8221;http:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/videos\/IMG_1408.MOV.ogv&#8221; webm=&#8221;http:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/videos\/IMG_1408.MOV.webm&#8221; poster=&#8221;http:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/videos\/IMG_1408.MOV.jpg&#8221; width=&#8221;640&#8243; height=&#8221;360&#8243;]<\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately I couldn&#8217;t come up with a way of doing right angles I trusted, so I ended up getting a laser level; which is a pretty awesome toy and confirmed how accurate liquid leveling was on top of giving me a perfect 90\u00b0.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1425-e1430087992914.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3431\" alt=\"IMG_1425\" src=\"https:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1425-e1430087992914-280x375.jpg\" width=\"280\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A perfect right angle if ever I&#8217;ve seen one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1439.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3440\" alt=\"IMG_1439\" src=\"https:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1439-500x373.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>End of the day, with every mason strings finely adjusted to a perfect &amp; level square. It doesn&#8217;t look like much but it took 7 hours to get there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1435.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3439\" alt=\"IMG_1435\" src=\"https:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1435-500x373.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Unlike the pricy electric laser level, the liquid one can sleep outside.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1414.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3438\" alt=\"IMG_1414\" src=\"https:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1414-500x373.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Level, like an Egyptian. This method is both cheap and very accurate. Note the use of windshield wiper fluid for color &amp; anti-freeze. Zeno&#8217;s paradox? 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