How To Make And Use A Water Level
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 พ.ค. 2015
- The water level has been around for a long long time. This video will show you how to make a water level and gives a demonstration of how to use it.
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Probably the clearest, most straight-forward and well-demonstrated DIY video tip I've seen. Thank you, this was extremely helpful.
8 years later and still adding value! Just shared this with my brother that is building a shed.
You do not need to bother with the fancy fitting at the bottom. Just stick the tube in the top, tape it and then siphon it out. The level will still be the same as the level in the bucket. Also, I tape the end tubing to the edge of a yardstick with high numbers on the bottom. That way higher numbers will mean a higher elevation. Actual numbers do not matter; only the difference from the reference matters. Use a few drops of dish detergent to kill the surface tension.
Quick Southeastern Ohio history lesson. In the 1940's, the Soil and Water Conservation Districts started helping farmers set up contour lines in their fields to help mitigate soil erosion in our considerably rolling hills. They used a hose pipe (as my great-grandfather called it), and two glass tubes (remember, clear plastic hose really wasn't a thing in the 1940's) on either end to make their water level to lay out contour plow lines. They used a setup very similar to this one shown here. The beauty of this over using a transit of any sort is that one man alone could lay out the contour lines by himself. With a transit, it always took two people. A soil technician could mark out the lines, generally with white painted tomato stakes, then leave. Afterwards, the farmer could come along, and all he'd have to do is line up the nose of his tractor, or the hames knob of his horse team's harness with the white painted stakes and be off to the races with his new soil conserving contour lines in his fields.
Amen to that. Same used by my grandad a master carpenter & bricklayer from Tyrol, Bavaria and my other grandad, as master wood turner from Belfast.
Amazingly useful information. I remember watching this video when it first came around and having this idea introduced to me for the first time. Well now 5 years later I needed to set some footings for a deck and needed them to be all the same height and I remembered this video and was able to apply this very concept 5 years later. I just felt the need to come back here leave my thoughts even if it’s very unlikely anyone will ever see this comment.
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Back in 1967, I was an apprentice carpenter, Local 906 Glendale sold us carpenters water levels at a reduced cost. Most of us had one. The water reservoir has space in it to store the hose. The water part sealed up tight so that you didn't loose the water over time, it also allowed the micro air-bubbles to escape. I used that thing hundreds of times, they are more accurate than a transit-level.
Old fart! I was in Colton then...
I agree. Very simple explanation. The reservoir sitting over on the fence is smarter. Ive only seen the fluid in the tube on both ends on other videos. I seen this in use 30 years ago. Thanks to TH-cam i found how to do it again. Great video
Putting in a pool. Thanks a lot. I've never seen how a water level works. How cool. Thanks a lot.
Great video, great tool. I used a water level to grade the lot for my house and 240 feet of fence, level within within 1/32" . As you note, calibration is important, especially as a long hose warms and expands under the sun. Thank you.
I built a water level similar to this one to level a 24’x 25’ metal building concrete foundation form! Instead of using a white sticks like he used in this video I used a sheet rock T square with the inch marks on it. I was able to set my baseline and then measure up and down an eighth of an inch at a time. Yes it works very well. So well that a friend of mine came out with a laser level and checked my work and it was just as accurate as the laser level.
I also used it to level the shelves in my wife’s closet before I installed them.
Thanks to this i leveled my ground to put my above ground pool in. Also used this to level my parking lot that i poured concrete. super effective!
I just looked at your playlist and cannot wait to get started a marathon watch. I’m very impressed. New subscriber!
Pro tip: you can use a cheap 4 ft level that also has ruler measurements on it instead of the white stick. using one will give you an easy way to tell how “off” something is by reading the difference in measurements.
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A water level is more accurate than a laser and will still be correct up to a kilometer after that your fighting the curve of the earth plus your spot on with squaring
6' folding ruler works best.
Just siphon water instead of ruining bucket does exact same thing but bucket is spared for all the other uses. Great video. Love these things. Simple and dead on. Thanks, great video.
This is one of those videos where I go, "yeah, I've always wondered how those work" and then facepalm when I find out.
Thank you, I've watched a few videos so far... still learning. You showed me how to get it done. God bless.
Nicely done. Thanks for the demo. Love the outtakes!
great video. I plan on making a water level just like this to do various outdoor projects. Thanks for posting.
This is so perfect! I'm doing a similar project and needed to know how to do this. Thank you for the tip, I really enjoy your Channel!
So I am building garden boxes, a green house, gazebo and a chicken coop. This morning I inventoried my materials and then stood with my saws, and work tables all set up wondering how in the heck I could get everything level. I can build furniture on a flat floor, no problem. Tried leveling the first tier of the garden box that is 25 feet long with my 3 foot level. The headache and frustration for trying to connect each short level to the last short leveled section! The garden box is not so critical, but the other fixtures need to be square and level. I knew there had to be a better way! Researching on TH-cam I found laser level instructions. $300? Ok amazon has some for less...$60. Now I start reviewing how well they work and how long they last. How long will it take to have one delivered, etc. Then I found your video! What a money time saver! I’ll have everything laid out in just a couple of hours and be confident to start my projects! I cannot thank you enough!
Ancient and simple device. :)
Best demo I've seen yet; thanks!
Thanks for that years ago i helped my brother-in-law set up a huge double wide mobile home and he used this method to get it all level but i could not remember how he did it.I am building a new floor for my gazebo and thought about using the water level happy to find you tutorial very easy to understand thanks
awesome. i love this kind of practical knowledge that you could still use in an apocalypse (or no electricity) situation
Hello - Currently writing from 2020 (aka the apocalypse) and yes indeed this video was useful!
Great video, You have no idea how great this had helped me, thanks!!
thank you so much for this video, I was puzzling out how to use this across a 10m or 33' garden and using a reservoir as you have with the stick marker makes all the difference. so simple and obvious, I feel a little thick now but, thank you again, this really was helpful. As they say, the simplest solutions are.......
Great video and you did an amazing job explaining the how to's of water leveling
Use four hoses that way it shows all four elevations at the same time. Water always seeks its own level. No matter how many lines are coming out of the source bucket.
That's quite a smart idea! Thanks for sharing!
great video. this is one of the better water level howtos i've seen on youtube. i think i'll try making one with extendable hose lengths for work. i think some people could confuse "square" with "a square" (whice you probably accidentally said in the video). a 10x12 foot shape with equal diagonals is a rectangle. if your outer edges are not equal you will find a discrepency in the diagonals and you will have a parallelogram or quadrilateral - where adjacent sides are not square. the video makes sense to me but i do it all the time for work. great video anyway!
Great tip Dean, it's amazing how the old ways are still the best.
GREAT VIDEO, thank you. I wish I had seen your video before I did my patio.
great video. this is one of the better water level howtos i've seen on youtube. i think i'll try making one with extendable hose lengths for work.
Thank you! That's awesome learned everything I need. Your a great teacher.
Water tube levels are brilliant, I have one, just a long length of polythene tube. A couple of things I would mention. If part of the tube has been lying in the sun the water in that part can heat up a bit and will then have a lower density to the water in the colder part of the tube. This will put the readings out, however it may be possible to allow for this. The other thing is I always check the level before AND after using it by bringing the two ends of the tube next to each other. Then if there are bubbles or different densities it will show. Good video
Excellent video thank for making it so easy to understand I seen some that over explained it . Thank you for taking your time to help others. Have a old mobile home that was cut in to a small work/ storage 45 foot long 12 foot wide going on to try and save it cheaper to fix than replace thanks again
Thank you for your time and insight.
That was some great info. Will check out your other hacks see if they are just as good. This type of knowledge and simple steps has been lost on many. So many hacks learned over time and passed down need to be logged for the next gen.
Glad it was helpful! Enjoy the ride and thanks for watching.
Very helpful. Thank you so much!
If you use a 3/8 tubing,you get an accurate reading on your level..note:if you look at the video you'll notice the water fluctuating a lot.By using a 3/8 tubing will keep that fluctuating to a bare minimum,therefore giving you a fast and accurate reading
I thinking of making one of these now. Mine will be forked with for tributaries for each corner! Thank You!!!
Great ! Thanks for sharing.
One way to get it pseudo square before you measured diagonally each direction is to measure down One direction 3-foot the ninety-degree angle measure down 4 ft and then in between the two measurements it should be 5 ft. It's called the three, four, five rule. That way you won't have to do a lot of adjusting once you start measuring diagonally. It's a helper
Lol.....no, it's the six, eight, ten rule!!
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Love it guy. You explain this very clearly.
A really simple easy to understand explanation. of how to make a water level.... perfect for my very similar shed building project... thanks
Thanks for the video, very helpful.
Have first create a perfect 90 on two sides before the x corner to corner measurement works because trapazoids will measure out the same but not in an exact square, love your channel, thank you
I'd say that's pretty useful. Thanks
Wonderful. Clearly communicated w/o being too technical. Perfect. I can do this!
I was going to buy a builders level with hard to come by money... until I seen this.... thank you you just saved me several hundred dollars
Many Thanks for the explanation and the set up of the reference point!
Excellent explanation!
Great video. Instead of putting a mark on the white stick, you can attach a measuring tape to it and read the measurements and the differences in the water level.
explained in a very easy way :)
True "the environment changing'' from day to day will effect the calibration. AKA temperature and barometric pressure. The key to circumventing this natural occurrence, Is why a "station point'' was designated. Station point is the height you wish to maintain of the finished product. If the reservoir is placed at the same station point every day, and allowed to acclimate to the environment, then it will self calibrate. If the station point is higher than the finished product height, you would measure down from the water level to determine how far your finish product height is below your water level height. Using boards with yards sticks and tubing attached to, makes this process much easier. Using wind shield washer fluid, allows this system to be used below freezing temperatures, because it will not freeze
Thank you for sharing the old wisdom. It's great.
Excellent video!
Nice one Deano thats the first time I have seen that but its a really good idea.
Great explanation. Many thanks.
Good work sor
nice and useful information
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This is brilliant!!!!
Marvellous, thankyou!
Thanks for the info!!
Thanks! We'll use that to layout our septic lines with that strategy!
Perfect!
That was brilliant.
COOL. Thanks for the tip!
Best and easiest to understand video on water level. Even I understand it now. Thanks
A water level is no joke and what this guy showed you is no joke. I used this method once on putting in drain tile. I wanted to be sure the drain tile was going at a certain slope away from house. A water level made it a million times easier. A farmer showed me this. Farmers are generally really smart and know this stuff
Thanks for making this video it helped me with 12'x 12' wooden Gazebo
Excellent , thanks
Excellent video.
There are some limitations to this method: it won't work over huge distances because of differences in barometric pressure. It also isn't completely precise because the earth's gravity changes slightly depending on geology. However, the way it's demonstrated in this video shows a perfectly valid way to use this technique.
Thank you, the four corners are level, but how about the rest of the area? How you levelled that would have been a useful addition to the video...
So simple ye so precise
Fantastic...Thank u sir for making it
this was really helpful, i found another video speaking of a water level and was like wow, thats brilliant for longer spans. I know its instructional but i would take avg of each area you want bricks and then find which ones id have the least amount of digging to do, however would i tamp the ground everywhere first before doing this?
Very, cool, thanks again!
Really great educational clip... Thanks you
Help yourself, very good idea. Thanks
I have a trailer for a cabin, and I am going to be doing a couple upgrades this spring/summer, and I was going to ensure the trailer is level before I do any work, and am thinking about trying this method. Any tips? Thanks for the video.
Thank you!!!
Thanks for that seen water levls in the past but forgot how they worked so Thank you again
That’s the coolest thing I’ve ever seen thank a million for showing us this simply amazing
"what has happened is my stick raised up from the zero point".. that is indeed what he said my friends.
That's what HE said. lol
Said the architect to the actress
Thanks for sharing your knowledge sir!
My pleasure!
Just made one of these to check for view blocking and base level for the HUGE shed I am about to have built. Using hose pipe, the hozelock cone shaped sprayer works as a valve and I have it poked in the 3/4 inch internal diameter clear hose I am using for seeing through, attached to 20 metres of garden hose with a jubilee clip. Fixed join at the other end is the nozzle from a caulking gun, cut down and pressed by hand into the hose pipe to give a rigid core. Then built up with electricians tape, then shoved in the 3/4 inch clear tube and secured with a jubilee clip. I should be able to close the sprayer nozzle, those yellow long cone things, to move around, then open it slowly to get to let water move to get level. In case I judge wrong I don't want to be over topping out the tube all the time. Measuring over 100 meters in stages with 20 meters of garden hose. Should be fun...
Fill with windshield washer fluid, its colored & will not freeze.
Kool-Aid
You can trap da wasps with da Kool-Aid. :)
Wow Nice one, I'm stealing it
MINDBLOWN
very concise video! thank you.
if you mark the water level when you calibrate, then lose some as you said happened to you, couldn't you just refill to the mark?
Thank you for the knowledge 😊🤓so cool
good info , actually great info
very helpful thank you.
You're welcome!
thank you very clear and helpfull... wish me luck
Thenks sir very nice video I learnt so much from you
Thanks mate
Thank you
When I built my 10x16 shed 25 years ago,, I used a rifle scope taped to a 4-foot bubble level for one end, and a vertical yardstick at the other end.. It was what I had handy :-) Now, I need to replace support posts on a 50-foot porch and want something more accurate than the bubble level (carpenters' level), so I'm planning to put together a water level to be sure the porch roof beam is kept level as I go.
Water levels are great for all kinds of projects.
I’ve been struggling with leveling my home. I thought I had the water level down. WRONG. I do now thanks.
awesome video. thank you. Half The Pressure Twice The Speed.
My suggestion is to add a tape measure to your stick
tire valve, pop in thick container for fast seal outlet. Long neck valve is best and clamp on hose.
I love it that was awesome thank you so much. Got a new sup cuz of this.
fantastic video now i understood
What’s the longest distance a water level works up to?