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The plumb bob is useful in establishing vertical for a wall in construction or a doorjamb when hanging a door. It can indicate whether a flue is running true vertical or veering off plumb. A plumb-bob or a plummet is a weight, usually with a pointed tip on the bottom, that is suspended from a string and used as a vertical reference line, or plumb-line. It is essentially the vertical equivalent of a water level.
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How do you use plumb in a sentence?
There's no plumbing the depths of the human psyche. The bathroom plumbing has a leak.
How do they know the plumb line is vertical?
Use of a plumb bob a level used on plumb rather then horizontal
What tool do you use to transfer the plumb cut to the bottom of a barge board?
Your dads baldhead
What is plumb to a surface?
Plumb as in "Plumb a door frame or cabinet?" Plumb is having something 90 degrees to level. The floor is level and the door frame, the vertical, up and down part is plumb in relationship to that. I'm sure this term comes from using a Plumb Bob. That's a heavy pointed ball on a string.. It will always show you the plumb line. Haven't heard the term used in plumbing.
Who invented the plumb line?
It is not known who invented the plumb-line or plumb-bob; there is evidence that it has been in use since biblical times and archaeologists haveÊunearthed what they think are plumb gaugingÊtoolsÊin Ancient Egypt.
What is plumb bob use for?
A plumb bob is a weighted instrument used in construction and carpentry to create a vertical reference line. It helps ensure that structures are built accurately and in alignment with a true vertical.
How can one use a Plumb Bob best?
To use a plumb bob to find the correct fixing point, the bob must be suspended from an area above the desired point. Once it has stopped swinging, one can mark their preferred point against the line. This will ensure a straight line.
What is the true name of lead?
In English, it is called "lead", but in Latin the word was "plumbum". From this, we also get the word "plumbing", because pipes in Roman days were made of lead, and the word "plumb", which means "vertical". This is from the lead weight (plumb bob) used to mark a vertical line on a wall.
What is house plumbing?
Water, drain, and vent lines that are used to plumb a house.
Who invented the plumb bob?
The plumb bob's inventor is lost to history...the name comes from the corruption of the Latin word for lead: Plumbum. Bob has nothing to do with it.
What instrument measures the straightness of a wall?
I THINK you use a plumb-bob
Where is the square?
Next to the level, beneath the plumb, Bob.
