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SETTING A PERIMETER

Start by setting a peg at point A.  Hook tape measure to peg and pull tape to distance of the length of perimeter. (Our house will be 35x 45 ft so A to B is 45ft.) Set peg for B.  Stretch a string between A and B. Now set  peg C exactly half way between A and B touching string.  Then with two tape-measures, one hooked on peg A and one on peg B, pull tape measures until they meet at the same distance on both tapes.  Place peg D.  Now measure along C-D from peg C the width of the perimeter. (in our case 35 ft) Place peg E.  Peg E should be the mid-point of the back length of the perimeter. Now measure from B the width of the perimeter and measure from E half the length of the perimeter and place peg F.  In our case 35' and 22.5' respectively. Then do the same from peg A for the last corner peg G.  You should have as near a perfectly squared perimeter as you can get.  I hope this is understandable.