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Measure and Mark the Wall Grid

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What happens here

To begin laying out the checkerboard pattern, first find the center of the wall. Measure the total width of the wall from one edge of the baseboard to the other. For example, if the wall is 130 inches wide, the center would be at 65 inches. Mark this center point with a pencil. Use the long level to draw a vertical line through this center mark, ensuring it's perfectly plumb. Next, determine the size of your squares; the presenter uses 12-inch squares. Mark horizontal lines every 12 inches down from the ceiling (stopping above any wainscoting, which is 36 inches plus 2.5 inches for the baseboard in this example, so roughly 38.5 inches from the floor). Also, mark vertical lines every 12 inches across the wall, starting from the center line and working outwards in both directions. This will create a grid of 12x12 inch squares across the wall.

Goal: Create a precise pencil grid of 12-inch squares on the wall.

Tools and materials

  • Long Level — Drawing straight and plumb vertical and horizontal lines
  • Pencil — Marking the grid lines on the wall
  • Step Ladder Little Giant — Reaching higher sections of the wall for marking
  • Tape Measure Stanley PowerLock 16 — Measuring wall dimensions and 12-inch intervals

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your wall so to begin this process out what I've got to do is find the center of this wall to begin with so I'm going to measure out find the center and then we're going to begin because the center is where my squares are going to start they're start on the center work the way up and work the way out from there and then once we get the center figured out then we're going to begin marking I'm going to have 12 in squares I'll begin marking you know 12in lines down the wall and then 12in lines across the wall and that will actually lay out our squares so first thing we're going to do is find the center of this wall so I'm going to go from you know one edge of the baseboard to the other Edge I'm going to se it comes out to it's 130 in half that is 65 in and and I know 65 in down here now a simple trick I'm going to lay this level right on 65 in and in order to find the center of the wall I'm going to take my level move it back and forth at the 65 in Mark make sure it's on 65 once the level is level I can actually mark my Mark at 6 at 65 in so so again I'm going to get it down here make sure it starts at 65 move it over now I see got it level make a mark and that's the center of my wall right there so that's the center point first square is going to be centered right over that now I'm going to begin marking 12 in lines from the top of the ceiling down so I've got 12 12 12 another thing is so I got marks right here 12 in down we do have um way beadboard way scotting going up right here that I'm going to measure it CU I don't need to do squares all the way down it's 36 in plus the baseboard which is 2 and 1/2 in 2 and 1/2 in so 36 wng scotting is going to be coming from here 36 another 2 in my squares will stop right there so from here down I don't need to put any squares so my squares are going to go you know from this range to the top now I'm going to Mark lines across the wall every 12 in

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