On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:04:44 +0000, F news@nowhere wrote:

I've been hanging wallpaper for years but this pattern repeat
description has got me beat:
'[the wallpaper] comes in 52cm x 10m rolls. It has a pattern repeat of
61cm and a half drop'.

What do they mean by '61cm and a half drop'?

The single wall onto which the wallpaper is destined is 3.3m wide by
2.3m high. Experience says 4 drops per roll so two rolls should do it.
Does the repeat description alter this?

TIA

I would read it as an idiots way of saying 61.5cm.

But then anything is possible from that description. )