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Measuring

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Specifying a steel bed frame: mattress sizes, slats and clearanceA mattress size name is not enough for a cross-border bed order. The frame needs the mattress's nominal and actual dimensions in millimetres, its...

How to measure an opening for steel doors and partitionsA made to measure steel frame must fit the finished opening, not the bare blockwork that happens to be visible today. This guide gives a...

How to measure a stairwell for a spiral staircaseFinished floor height, clear floor opening and an obstruction profile are the starting measurements for a spiral-stair feasibility check. This...

Measuring for a made to measure driveway gateSend the finished clear opening without a generic deduction. The workshop derives leaf sizes after hinges, latch, centre gap and operator details...

How to measure for a straight steel staircaseA straight stair is fixed by the building around it. Record finished-floor levels, the full horizontal run, opening geometry, headroom, landing...

Measuring a staircase or landing for a made to measure balustradeA single length is not enough to make a stair balustrade. The workshop needs the finished stair geometry, every start, corner and end point, the...

Checking a fabrication drawing before approvalDrawing approval is the last practical point at which a reversed hand, wrong finished level or impossible section size can be corrected without...