Valve Lash Adjustment

when you say lash I hope your not meaning a clearance between the rocker and valve tip like on a solid cam. hyd. require pressure where the pushrod is keeping the lifters plunger down.

Maybe its not the right teminology but what has happened is some noisy lifters. One was really bad and we were able to tighten up the adjustment and the noise went away. I had this engine built professionaly by Joe Sherman and lately it has been getting noisy up top and idle is rough. I have the valve covers off and would like instruction on how to check the lash. This is a bit over my head but I was told the adjustment can be done fairly easily in the garage. Any direction would be appreciated?