7 Mistakes Homeowners Must Avoid While Measuring Windows

The window coverings like curtains and blinds will help you to keep a room comfortable and protect the furniture by preventing light from entering through the windows directly. But you cannot pick the right window covering without measuring the windows precisely. While getting measurements, you must measure the window opening instead of the old curtains or drapes. Likewise, you must use a steel tape measure instead of a cloth tape measure or ruler to get the measurements accurately. At the same time, you need to avoid a number of mistakes that homeowners make while measuring windows.
7 Common Mistakes You Must Avoid while Measuring Windows
- Not Measuring the Windows Individually

Often homeowners fail to distinguish between windows of same size and style. But you must remember that the sizes of windows looking identical may differ due to framing. Hence, you must measure the windows individually and separately.
2. Not Measuring Height and Width in Three Places

In addition to measuring the windows separately, you also need to measure their height and width in three distinct places — top, bottom and middle. When you measure the height and width in three places, it becomes easier to capture the difference in sizes of top and bottom openings.
3. Ignoring Window Depth

While measuring a window, homeowners often ignore to measure its depth. You cannot pick the right window blinds without measuring a window’s height, width and depth. It is always important to measure window depth by from the edge of its opening to the glass. You can easily compare the blind specifications based on the window’s height, width, and depth.
4. Not Considering How the Curtains/Blinds will be mounted

You have option to mount a curtain or blind on either the inside of the window or outside of the window. If you are planning the mount the curtain or blind outside of the window, you must not forget to measure the exact size of external blind mounts. Instead of measuring the window opening, you need to capture the additional height and width required to mount the blinds.
5. Not Capturing Fractional Measurements Exactly

While measuring a window, many homeowners use tape measure or rulers. But they often forget to capture the fractional measures. If you have no prior experience in measuring windows, you must learn how to read the tape measure accurately. In addition to capturing the big numbers, you also need to count the hash after the big number to capture fractional measurements.
6. Measuring Window Openings Only from the Inside
There are always chances that you may opt for hanging the covering on the outside of the window. You cannot cover a window externally without measuring the height and width of its opening from outside. You can use the steel tape to take three evenly stepped measurements and identify the largest point.
7. Not Double Checking Window Measurements
Many homeowners buy wrong size blinds by mixing up a window’s height and width. It is always important to measure the height, width, and depth accurately. At the same time, you must not forget to double check the measurements to measurements are captured precisely.
On the whole, you must spend some time to measure the height, weight, and depth of each window individually and separately. It is also important to double check the measurements to eliminate chances of errors. The precise measurement of windows will help you to pick the right window drapes or curtains.
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