We discovered that the garage was slightly sloping, front to back. No surprise there – it’s a flat roof and the water has got to run off somehow. More mysteriously, the floor was sloping in exactly the same proportion. As I didn’t fancy taking office-chair rides from the control room mixing desk to the sofa (not while anyone was looking, anyway), Jeff suggested that the floor should be completely level. So he’s started at the back of the building where the level is highest, and gradually poured in sand and cement to make a new floor.
On a related note – here’s a link to my favourite application of the moment – the ‘A Level’ is a spirit level for the iPhone. Oh, the lengths to which human beings will go to make a better world…