Plumb Bobs.are very useful tools indeed. They are designed to ensure that a vertical installation, such as a wall, is perfectly plumb. Beingplumb意味著在從天花板上懸掛或懸掛的地上或懸掛時，某些東西是垂直對齊的。當你需要一個完全直的東西時，它是你使用的鉛錘。
That said, what are some real-life examples of the uses for this simple yet important tool?
1. Ceiling Lights Installation
One of the most common uses of a plumb bob is to hang ceiling lights or to install pot lights. This is especially the case when you want a light to be perfectly centered over an installation, such as a kitchen island. Using a plumb bob can tell you the relation of the position of something on the ceiling (like a light), to the floor below. Using a plumb bob, you can ensure that those pot lights are installed over that kitchen island as desired.
2. Picture Handing
One thing that a plumb bob can be used for is to hang pictures. This is especially the case for people who want their pictures, the top of them, to be perfectly parallel with the ceiling and/or floor. Pictures and paintings that are not parallel with ceilings end up looking out of place.
許多人會使用泡沫水平來懸掛畫作。然而，雖然泡沫級別可以確保根據下麵的地麵的圖像是水平的，但它無法比較繪畫或圖片如何使用天花板。另一種選擇是use a laser level to hang pictures.
3. Fence Posts Installation
Yet another common application of the plumb bob is in the installation of fence posts. To properly attach the horizontal rails of a fence to the vertical posts, those vertical posts need to be 100% perpendicular to the ground, and they also need to be parallel to one another.
用鉛錘或之一它的替代品is one of the only ways to ensure that fence posts are properly positioned in relation to one another and to the ground below.
4. Hanging Door Installation
Perhaps one of the most common uses of a plumb bob is to hang a door from the ceiling. When you hang a door, there is not much space to spare between it and the frame, as well as between it and the floor and ceiling. To ensure that a door does not touch the floor, scuff it, or scratch it as it swings open and closed, a plumb bob can be used to ensure that there is enough clearance present.
If hanging doors are installed without the use of plumb bob, there is a chance that the door may come into contact with the floor, and therefore be unable to function as it should.
5. Building Walls
Perhaps the number one most common use of a plumb bob is in the building of walls. Whether you are building a brick wall, installing plywood panels, or building a shed, havingstraight and plumbedwalls is of course very important.
The structural integrity of any such construction relies on those walls being perfectly vertical, at least in part. Not only do walls that are not plumb not perform properly in terms of structural integrity, but they just don’t look very nice either.
6. Wallpaper Installation
Most people think that installing wallpaper is as easy as starting at one wall and then working from there. However, this is not quite the case. The reason for this is that the walls themselves are not entirely plumb.
Therefore, if you rely on the walls alone to hang wallpaper, the wallpaper itself may end up looking askew or crooked. Using a plumb bob and marking several plumb lines across the length of a wall will ensure that wallpaper is totally vertical and even.
7. Creating a Room Division
If a room is being split into two or more parts, walls have to be built. To ensure that the frame of the wall is perfectly vertical from the ceiling to the floor, a plumb bob can be used.
Summary
There you have it folks, seven common uses of a plumb bob. Keep in mind that there are likely more uses out there. It’s a great tool that can help ensure that all of your installations are totally vertical and plumb.