On Thu, 3 Mar 2011 12:01:15 -0700, "chaniarts"
wrote:

David Nebenzahl wrote:
On 3/3/2011 10:18 AM chaniarts spake thus:

David Nebenzahl wrote:

On 3/3/2011 8:25 AM Vic Smith spake thus:

Metal square on both ends is good, then measure between those
marks starting at the inch mark on the tape. Tape is flat then,
without the end tab run out screwing up the measure.

Fine, but how the *hell* am I supposed to get two metal squares to
stay put, one of them upside-down at the top of the wall, plus
juggle the tape measure between them? Upsidasium? Remember, this is
a vertical measurement of wall height.

do you have a pencil?

OK, I see; but it seems a whole lot simpler just to make ONE mark an
arbitrary distance from floor or ceiling (say 12"), then measure from
the mark to the opposite end. Why make two marks?

don't know. i'm not vic. i'd guess he's really saying to use a square to
mark off 12" from the top, then use the same square from the bottom, then
measure between the 2 marks. he just left off the use of making pencil
marks, thinking that that may just be a little bit self evident.

i'd do it with 1 mark too since i can usually reach the floor with a tape.


Never actually did that 2 mark deal.
But if I wanted to get within 1/16" as David seems to want, that's how
I'd do it.
Last time I measured floor to ceiling I think I stood on a stool,
jammed the tape casing against the ceiling, and lowered the tape until
it touched the floor without bending, locked it down, then added the
case size. Close enough.

--Vic