Professional builders use a plumb bob to make sure their walls are vertical. Here's how. Measure two inches away from the top of your wall, set a nail, and hang the plumb bob. Let gravity draw the ...

A plumb bob is an excellent means of transferring a point from a ceiling to the floor, and vice versa. Another tool we keep in our pouches that can also be used as a plumb bob is a chalk line or ...

The word "plumb" in the sense of carpentry or construction means a perfectly vertical line, going from up to down. This is an imaginary line that runs straight to the center of the Earth and meets ...