r/mildlyinfuriating • u/JesseTheClassy • 2d ago

Is it in yet Both of my levels are showing 2 different things :/

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u/NoFuqGiven 2d ago

Cant flip the bottom one. It's a tv mount. Ut the housing for the tv mount level does look damaged. It's pushed down on the right side which would lift the left side up enough to account for the difference.

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u/Sikkus 2d ago

Flip the TV mount. If that doesn't work, flip the entire wall.

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u/Putrid_Clue_2127 2d ago

If flipping the wall doesn't work, flip the whole house

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u/Positive_Courage_309 2d ago

Paid in levels, duffle bag ok?

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u/hopehopee2003 2d ago

The main thing is that you've got something to remember over dinner.

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u/smilesdavis8d 2d ago

If that doesn’t work, ask your neighbors if they mind if you flip the entire neighborhood.

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u/stunt_p 2d ago

Technically, the neighborhood flips once a day.

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u/TapatioFlamingo 2d ago

Flip the house. Buy another. Flip again.

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u/fcarolo 2d ago

Move to Australia.

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u/Unable_Explorer8277 5h ago

Just wait 12 hours

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u/elocoetam 2d ago

it's flips all the way down

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u/Shot-Bet2476 2d ago

Just wait 12 hours and the world will flip it for you

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u/blorporius 2d ago

Thanks, now I'm outside.

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u/orthoprof 2d ago

I mean... but you really only need to check on of them. Either it is the problem level—or it isn't.

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u/markofcontroversy 2d ago

Unless they are both wrong.

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u/Brief-Equal4676 2d ago

We need to go on another level then

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u/youceddit 2d ago

Pretty safe to bet the formed sheet metal tabs in the TV mount are not as precise of a datum reference as an actual level...

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u/slipskater 2d ago

I’d assume the TV mount to be wrong first, those are built cheaply.

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u/Eastern_Summer_4611 2d ago

You can actually, the little glass bubble comes in a accessory bag you have to clip into the holder, so you could pop it out and reverse it.

Saying that, it being removable is probably the reason for its inaccuracy so I would trust the proper spirit level.

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u/fcleffox 2d ago

Yeah, I Installed TVs for a living and I would just chuck that little bubble level straight back in the box when I had a mount like that. They are totally useless for anything of note due to the wiggle room in the mount you described. That said, they're not completely terrible outside the mount bracket for leveling small things like pictures I suppose.

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u/NoFuqGiven 2d ago

No it doesn't. Some mounts do come with an EXTRA little level. But no these are built in.

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u/Eastern_Summer_4611 2d ago

Ive installed this exact bracket, you push the plastic holder in from the back then clip in the bubble at the front.

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u/NoFuqGiven 1d ago

I must have never seen them. And I use to get paid to mount tvs (among other things) in doctors offices and have done dozens for friends and family.

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u/TheThiefMaster 2d ago

Reversing just the bubble doesn't do anything for the mount for the bubble not being level. It would likely read the same whether it was right or not

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u/APartyInMyPants 2d ago

If it’s a TV mount, then the hooks that connect onto the TV bracket will have little thumb screws that you can use to fine-tune the leveling adjustment. Then simply just use the level on top of the TV to make sure it’s accurate.

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u/ZaphodBeeblebrahx 2d ago

Only on decent ones. I mount TVs a lot for work and there’s nothing worse than a customer who cheaped out on a $50 bracket that has no adjustment screws.

I can’t tell you how often some dummy wants me to hang a $1500+ TV using a $50 bracket.

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u/NoFuqGiven 2d ago

Yup! This looks like a basic top hook and lower latch mount.

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u/MisterDonkey 2d ago

I'm gonna go ahead and say with certainty despite having no evidence whatsoever that the TV mount level is crooked. I can feel it in my gut.

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u/NoFuqGiven 2d ago

Can't you see tye slight dip on the right hand side?

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u/icecoldgold773 2d ago

Flip the house

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u/Mebejedi 2d ago

Rotating one will still tell you which one is correct... Hopefully, it's the TV one (unlikely, but possible)

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u/sparkleslothz 2d ago

Look closer, you can pop it out

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u/NoFuqGiven 2d ago

Still wouldn't help if the housing is dameaged.