Builders' Levels

Setting perfectly leveled benchmarks and checking elevations can greatly help in building decks and foundations, surveying, and even excavating. However, keen eyesight and adequate building knowledge won’t be enough to set up level points. Professionals often make use of leveling instruments, like builder’s levels, to do the task accurately. A builder’s level is an optical leveling instrument that is easy to use, assemble, and carry around the site. Composed of a leveling vial, lens, leveling screws, and leveling head, the builder’s level can greatly help in checking elevations and setting and transferring horizontal benchmarks. Builder’s levels that are available here on Engineer Warehouse can work over long ranges of up to hundreds of feet. They also provide up to 32x magnification and feature eyepieces with crosshairs for precise leveling and clear viewing. When leveling outdoors under broad daylight, the lenses of some builder’s levels are protected with rubber jackets to reduce the glare from the sun. By setting the level up on a tripod, aligning the lens over the screws, and centering the bubble in the vial, the builder’s level is ready to be pointed at a target and take measurements.