GUIDELINES TO MEASUREYOUR ROOM

MEASURI SN’
NG YOUR ROOM I T’
THARD TO DO AND I MPORTANTYOU GETI
SI TRIGHT
BECAUSEYOURMEASURTEMENTSWI LLBETHEBASISFORALLYOURPLANNI GN
NG AND DESI
REQUIREMENTS.GIVEYOURSELFPLENTYOFTIMETO MEASURETHEROOM PRECI Y
SEL.

HERE’
S HOW YOU DO ITIN 4 EASY STAGES:

1.DRAW AN OUTLINEOF
YOUR ROOM
Tobegi i
nyourmeasur l
ocess,youwi
ngpr l
needt ohavehandy ,3sheet sofpaper
(perr oom) ,apenci ,ar
l ul ,aner
er aseranda We r
ecommend you to use a measur
ing 5M
measur ingt ape. t
apewhichi
s5M (meters)andabove.
 Al lt he measur ement s you t ake oft he
room shoul dei therbei nmm orcm.
 Youwi lluset he1stsheetofpapert odr aft 4000mm

yourf oorpl
l an ( at op view)and your2nd
and 3r d sheetofpapershoul d be used f or
yourel evat ons(
i afrontvi ew) .Youwi lldraft
only a maxi mum of t wo el evat ons per
i
2000mm
sheet .
 Now,s tartbyout lining theshapeofyour
room ( ei therr ectangleorsquar ewhi chever
2000mm FLOOR PLAN
applicabl e). (EXAMPLE)
I ndicat eal lthewal lsint her oom aswal lA,
wallB,wa l
lC a nd so o n.
 Next ,you wi lllay down al lthe doorand
window pl acement sont hef oorpl
l an.
 Donoti ncludeanycur rentf urnitur eont he
4000mm
ont hedr awi ng.
 Dr aw outal ltheobst acles,likebeamsand

2.
columnst ocompl etet hef irststage.
Gr aphssheet shave been at ched t
ta othe STARTW ITH DETAILS
endoft hisdocument .You mayt akeapr int
out and dr aftt he pl an and el evat ons on
i  Firsty
l,measur eeachwal lfom edget
r oedge
them.I fyou don’ thaveaccesst oapr nt
i er, andment oni
i tonyourf loorpl an.
youmayusepl ainA4si zesheet saswel l  Next ,begi natt hecor nerofeachwal land
measur et hedi stancebet weenedgeoft hewal l
andt hewi ndow andf ollow t hesamef orthe
door.Gocl ockwi sear oundt her oom unt leach
i
wall,wi ndow anddoorhasbeen
measur ed.Al lwindow anddoormeasur ement s
shoul dinclude the frame aroun di,
t if any.
 Measur ethedi stancef rom thef loort ot he
bottom ofeachwi ndow andal someasur et he
overallwi ndow hei ght .
 Measur ethecei lnghei
i ghtandi ndi cateitin
thecent eoft
r hedr awi ng.
 Now capt ureal lt hebeam dr opsf rom t he
ceii
lngandt heirt hicknessandal ly ou r
columnsf orwi dthandt hickness.
3.
MARK YOUR MEASUREMENTS
ndows as W1,W2 and your
 Labelyour wi
sasDW1,DW2andsoon.
door
Indi et
cat heentyoft
r her t
oom wi r
hati e
angl
ashowni nt mage.
hei

4.
MEASUREYOUR OBSTACLES
 Meas eobst
ur lt
eson al
acl l
hewalssuch as
protrudi ngcol umns,pi pes,elect rcal
i
switch bo ards or a ny othe ro bstructions that
mayhi ndert hepl anningofyournew f urniur
t e
placement s.
I nor dert omeasur eal ltheabovepoi nts
accur ately,you need t o measur et he poi nt
from t hecl osestedgeofwal ltot hecent erof
the poi nt.Apar tf rom t his,you al so need t o
measur et hewi dthandh e g
ih tof that
COMMON SYMBOLS particularpoi nt.Last y
l,donotf orgett o
measur et he hei ght from t he f loor t ot he
GasPi
pel
ine bottom ofthe p on
i tan d f
i the point s
i
towar dst het opoft hewal ,youcan
l
St
ruct
uralBeam measur ethedi stancef om t
r hecei i
lng t othe
top edge of t he poi nt as i ndicated i nt he
St
ruct
uralCol
umn imageont heleft.

Wi
ndow

Door

Ent
rance

El
ect
ricalPoi
nt
We recommend you use these common
Pl
umbi
ng Poi
nt symbol
st odr
aftyourf
ixt
uresandf i
tti
ngs.

El
ect
ricalSwi
tchboar
d

Di
str
ibut
ion Boar
d

Vent/Ai
rCondi
tioni
ng

Note:Lookar oundyourroom andobserveifyouhavemissedouton

measuring any poi
ntsorobstacl
es.Reach outt
o yourpl
annerifyou have
anydoubtsorquer iesastheywillbehappytoassi
styou.Happymeasur i
ng!
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ELEVATION A

ELEVATION B
ELEVATION C

ELEVATION D