Please not, I will be talking in metric with these measurements.
When measuring up a room, its always a good idea to have a decent tape measure. There are alot of cheap ones on the market and most of them have bad clips at the front. I personally always buy Stanley Tape Measures.
Start by drawing out the room on a piece of paper, show all walls, windows, doorways and positions of the architraves. If the walls are very long it is best to grab someone else to give you a hand. Start with the walls that are open at one end, place your tape measures clip at the internal wall and measure all the way to the other end. Take note of the wall length on your drawings. Do the same on any other open ended walls. For walls that are between each other eg: a U-shaped room, have someone hold the clip of the tape measure at one end and then at the other end, push the tape measure right into the corner and estimate what the measurement will be.
If you have a good quality tape measure, it should show you how wide the tape actually is, if so then all you need to do is stretch the tape measure out to the other wall and push the back of it against the wall. Look down the front edge of the tape and take note of the measurement it reads as, then add the width of the tape measurement to that first measurement.
When measuring windows and door frames, it is always best to measure to the outer edge of the architrave, not the inside where the door or window actually is. This will make sure that when building anything you wont have to worry about interfering with them. It is also best to measure how high off the floor these architraves are too.
Angle walls, this is a little tip that I use for angle walls. From the internal corner of the wall measure out around 800mm from each corner and place a small mark on the wall. Then measure from mark to mark and take note of the measurement. Make sure you note the measurement you used to mark on the walls. I then use a great little program calledKwikTrig, it is free unless you want the more advanced version. In Kwiktrig, you can input the measurements of the wall, and it will tell you exactly what the angle is.
Ok, that should be all you need to know about measuring up a room.
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Today I have gone live with the new layout of Cutlist. I have changed it to a blog style website. All the pages still exist, but now the photos are all sorted into categories and have descriptions. Feel free to post comments about the photos or ask questions. I will be also making blog posts about what work I am in the middle of doing. Also if you are a customer of Cutlist, please feel free to leave a testimonial or request to have your own photos added. I hope you all like the new format. Jason The bbq area was finished in White powder coated doors, stainless steel tops and carcase and black glass splashbacks. The laundry was fitout in designer white satin vinyl doors, Karaboard designer white panels, Abet Laminati solid core white laminate tops. Also built in the stainless steel clothes hanging rail and ironing unit. There is also a sewing area behind the 2 tall pocket doors on the left hand end. The kitchen in this house fitout was finished in 70% glass 2pac doors and panels with handle cutouts, island bar top is white corian, the hotplate top is a stainless steel frame with appliance cupboard built into side and frosted glass to rear. Kickboards are brushed aluminium. This kitchenette was finished in Designer white satin vinyl doors, Karaboard designer white panels, White corian tops and black glass splash backs. The upstairs entertainment unit was finished in 2pac and corian with chrome wine racks. The office and downstairs entertainment unit/desk were finished in designer white satin vinyl doors, Karaboard designer white satin with 2mm pvc edged panels and abet laminati solid core white laminate benchtops. The bathrooms in this house fitout were finished in 70% gloss white 2pac doors, White corian tops and the handles were cutout as you can see in the pics. The kitchen in this house fitout was finished with Melteca White Natural 1mm pvc edge doors, satin sycamore timber veneer panels with solid satin sycamore timber edges. The tops were satin sycamore timber and stainless steel. All the handles were hand made out of satin sycamore timber. This is all part of a house fitout I installed in Red Hill. The table was made from solid satin sycamore timber with country oil wiped in and milled steel frames. The dresser unit and entertainment units are all satin sycamore veneer with solid satin sycamore timber edges all lacquered in satin 2 pac. The bed was made from solid hoop pine timber slats with satin sycamore veneer bed bases. |
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