Showing posts with label square. Show all posts
Showing posts with label square. Show all posts

March 28, 2014

Lay Out a Square Corner with Two Tape Measures

Most builders know a simple geometry trick that makes it dirt simple to lay out a square corner for your patio, deck or other structure. All you need is a couple of tape measures. It’s all because of the Pythagorean Theorem and the 3-4-5 right triangle.

Skip the Explanation and go straight to the How to ==>

If you happened to sleep through class that day (or ditched school instead) you may not remember who Pythagoras was or what his “theorem” means to you. So let me refresh that vague memory.

The Pythagorean Theorem says that the sum of the squares on the sides of a right triangle are equal to the square of the hypotenuse.