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Show Staking Out Building This quick, easy and accurate method of staking out a buildins; so that the corners will be true- 30' Jt? t 1 7 A il lc I right angles is suggested in American Amer-ican Builder magazine. A hypothetical hypo-thetical building measuring 30 by 40 feet is used as an example. First, figure the diagonal of the building. The diagonal will equal the square root of the sum of the squares of any two adjacent sides. In this example, the diagonal is 50 feet. Next, drive stake A to mark one corner. Drive a nail in the center of the top of the stake. Then place stake B, with a nail in its top, exactly ex-actly 40 feet away. To establish the corner at D, measure 30 feet from B and 50 feet from A. For C, measure 40 feet from D and 30 feet from A. The diagonal from C to B should be 50 feet. |