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Guest cherasia

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I probably need to look up how to do triangulation, something I vaguely remember from Girl Scouts but....

When you're out to do a quote and don't have a ladder that reaches more than 12' with you and the windows are really up there, how do you determine the sizes? This is something we ran into on a job where we needed a scissors lift to get to the windows that were 40' up. How do you figure out the dimensions?

Thanks,

Shauna

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If there are windows below then you can usually catch the width by measuring the lower windows... The length can be obtained in many creative ways. I like the 32' Stanley tape measure, just feed it up slow and steady and hope it doesn't collapse on your head. :lol6

Sadly those days of tape balancing are coming to an end. There are some good laser tools on the market that make it much easier to measure high windows from ground level.

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If there are windows below then you can usually catch the width by measuring the lower windows... The length can be obtained in many creative ways. I like the 32' Stanley tape measure, just feed it up slow and steady and hope it doesn't collapse on your head. :thumb

Sadly those days of tape balancing are coming to an end. There are some good laser tools on the market that make it much easier to measure high windows from ground level.

Thanks Climber! :lol6

Which laser tools would you recommend for this kind of measuring, climber? I've done the feed thing, but when the windows are REALLY up there and there are no matching sizes down below, feeding the tape isn't feasible.

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I guestimate on bids being sure to oversize them and not undersize. But if they are big windows where your not sure if you'll need a 60in roll or 72in you'll still have problems. Hmmm :lol6 im not quite sure how to tackle this other than getting a lift. A laser measure might be a good alternative just not sure how reliable of a measurement you may get when the windows are 30 ft up.

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Some times, paying attention in geometry glass could have been a good thing.

How many said they would never use that stuff again :lol6

Using the Pythagorean theorem c? = a? + b? , the square root of the unknown side can be determined.

Use a laser tape, back off 15 feet from the base and calculate the hypotenuse

of the top and bottom of the window, the height will be the difference of the 2 unknowns . :thumb

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Some times, paying attention in geometry glass could have been a good thing.

How many said they would never use that stuff again :lol6

Using the Pythagorean theorem c? = a? + b? , the square root of the unknown side can be determined.

Use a laser tape, back off 15 feet from the base and calculate the hypotenuse

of the top and bottom of the window, the height will be the difference of the 2 unknowns . :thumb

Ok.... my head just exploded. :lol6

What did you just say?

Shauna

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Look at it. Say to yourself, "How much money is it going to take to get me to do it?"

Write down a number.

At that point if you're worried about if a few inches here or there is going to ruin your profit margin then aren't bidding it high enough.

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