A 90 degree day in Houston showed me I had leveling all wrong

I used to swear by a 4 foot level for screeding big slabs. Last July we poured a 300 foot driveway in Houston and I fought the bull float for hours. The sun was brutal and I finally tried a laser level with a receiver on the straightedge. That day I stopped trusting my eye and started trusting the beam, never going back. Anyone else made the switch after one miserable pour?

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charlesowens1mo ago

Wait, wasn't the problem your eyes or the level itself? A 4 foot level only checks 4 feet at a time, so on a 300 foot driveway you're basically eyeballing the rest between setups. The laser didn't fix your eyes, it just gave you one steady reference over the whole pour instead of a hundred little guesses.

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