My uncle told me to always lay a dry course first on a big patio job, and after 20 years I finally get it.

I ignored him on a 500 square foot job in Phoenix last summer and ended up with a 3/4 inch slope error that took a whole day to tear out and fix, so has anyone else got an old tip that took you way too long to appreciate?

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elizabeth34913d ago

My dad's chalk line trick saved me last week.

murray.gray13d ago

Yeah, I used to think checking for level as you go was good enough. Then I had to pull up a whole walkway because the slope was off. Now I snap lines for every single course, no exceptions. It feels slow at first but it saves so much time fixing things later. Like @elizabeth349 said, those old chalk line tricks are the real deal.