how do i square a base ? well its not to hard the way i do it. squaring a base or frame is important when building a 4 sided frame such as a square or rectangle and all 4 corners need to be 90 degrees or within a degree or 2 of 90. there are a few ways to do this depending on access to all for corners, you could use the 3-4-5 method, or you can use a calculator online that you input your lengths of the sides and it tells you the diagonal length to achieve a 90 degree corner, but this method in the video is a much more simple way to check if a base is square in my opinion. however you require access to all 4 corners and the frame needs to be level before you start or on a flat surface to begin with, you then just measure between corner to opposite corner if both diagonals are the same length then the frame is square (note: opposite facing sides of the perimeter edges need to be the same length and parallel like a square or rectangle shape)
reasons i would want to do this are for example if i was building a stud wall and instead of building the wall in place i wanted to build it on a flat deck and then lift the wall up all framed out then i would want to ensure that the frame was square so when i lifted it up onto a level platform then the studs will be plum.
another example is like the one in this video where i am building a decking base and i want to check the base is square so that when i start installing the top boards they will sit square on the frame and wont drift out as i put more boards down, also so the ends of the decking boards fall on a joist for support and i wont have to install lots of unnecessary pickups because the boards slowly land over or under the joist as you go down the line because the whole set up is not square from the start.
so it really dose make the whole job easier if everything is correct from the start of the build.
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