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How to measure a room in 16 minutes.

 

1. How to measure room and what does it need for?

 

• geometry check. Often happens that angles in the premise are not of 90 degrees, the walls are not vertical, floors are not horizontal. If the built-in furniture is ordered, i.e. it might not fit a planned place or there will be space between a wall and furniture denoting inequality.

• for cost sheet arrangement.

• calculate and, accordingly, buy required quantity of materials

• calculations for work done, volume check

• pre-calculation of scope of works

 

2. What do you need to make measurements?

 

To make measurements of a premise you need the following measuring tools:

• measuring tool: tape measure with width of 20-25 mm and length 7,5 — 10 meters or electronic measuring device.

• 3 sheets of paper, format А4 or just common graph paper.

• pencil, pen.

• assistant, it is more comfortable and joyfully when together.

 

3. How to measure a room in 15 minutes with 95% accuracy.

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This method is suitable for following cases.

• If small variance percentage is not important for you.

• For approximate check of scope of works by performers.

• For calculation, purchase and material use check.

• For ordinary cosmetic repairs.

• If you absolutely have no time and you fully trust the repair team, but the monitoring of money spent is needed, spend just 16 minutes for measurements of the premise and everything will be okay.

 

So then, step-by-step algorithm for measuring a room in 16 minutes with accuracy up to 95% is as follows.

 

Step 1. How to measure a room, creative process.

 

   On the first sheet we draw a plan of the premise. For this purpose we shall pass along the baseboard and sketch manually the same configuration including ledges, batters, approximately meeting proportions. As a rule, it is necessary to take a note of the side with a window or balcony block. Then we number each side on the plan with 1,2,3,4 clockwise from the premises’ entrance.

 

On the 2nd sheet we draw walls No. 1,3,4 where everything is simple and they look like rectangle. Several of them may be fitted in one sheet, so there would be two walls on each sheet.

 

On the 3rd sheet we draw wall No. 2 of complicate configuration, in my case with a window block, where numerous measures are expected.

 

As a result 5 minutes only was spent. Beauty is not needed here, but everything shall be clear and visible.

 

Step 2.  How to measure a room, measurements.

 

Try to make measurements in 1-1,5m of the floor; tape measure shall be carried horizontally to the floor or perpendicular to it depending on what we measure, length and height.

     1. Measure the wall No. 1 with a doorframe. We need the following dimensions: length, height,     space  from wall corner to doorframe (attachment). Doorframe dimensions. Casing width, plate length, if single-type will be installed.

 

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    2. Measuring of wall No. 2

 

• width

• height

• doorframe dimensions, separately windows and doors.

• slopes' width

• beam depth over a balcony block

• length, width, windowsill thickness

• all ledges and batters along the baseboard and their length

• diameter of hitting tube and it length

• convector dimensions

• space between a convector and windowsill, and between convector and floor.

• sill height.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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3. Measuring of walls No. 3 and No. 4. Principle remains the same. If complicated configuration, then you need to draw on the separate sheet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11 minutes more and the measurement plan is finished, it will be suitable for ordinary cosmetic repairs. For capital repairs thorough examination is required.

 

Now You know, how to measure a room in 16 minutes before starting repairs and make all required measures that further will bring only benefit.