On Mar 3, 5:38*am, David Nebenzahl wrote:
Alright, so this is Carpentry 101, but I'm gonna ask it anyhow.

Question concerns taking measurements where there is an inside corner:
how do you do it accurately? F'rinstance, say you're sheeting the inside
of a closet and are measuring the wall height from floor to ceiling. You
put the bottom of your tape against the floor, climb up on your
stepstool or whatever, then wrap your tape around the top corner of the
wall. What then?

I mean, it's really hard to know just what exactly the actual height is.
It *looks* like 93 5/8--no, make that 11/16--maybe 3/4--WTF?

It almost makes me want to build myself a little "story pole", two long
sticks grooved together with a little clamp to take exact inside
measurements. (I think a sliding dovetail would work nicely here.)

How do you handle this? How did carpenters do this in the olden days?
What tricks do you use? How many times do you just cut a piece oversize,
then trim to fit?

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Make a random mark at around eye level on the wall. Measure from the
top down to this mark and from the bottom up. Add the two together.
The big problem is that you often find corners are not quite square
with this sort of job.
Also check the dimensions for both ends of the sheet, you often find
the floor is not quite parallel to the cieling.
It's often better to take the skirting boards/(baseboards?) off and
put them back on top of your sheet, looks neater & covers any errors.