How to Establish a Level Grade Line for Landscaping - This Old House

This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shares three methods for laying out perfectly level lines. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)

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Shopping List for Establishing a Level Grade Line for Landscaping:
- red food dye

Tools for Establishing a Level Grade Line for Landscaping:
- tape measure
- ground flags
- wooden grade stakes and nylon string
- small sledgehammer
- line level
- clear plastic tubing
- self-leveling laser level, transit rod and receiver

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