GENERAL MEASURING NOTES                                          

REQUIRED MEASURING TOOLS: A wainscot order worksheet, a blank layout drawing, tape measure and pencil. Youll quite possibly also need a 24 framing square and a small level.

All measurements should be furnished in inches, for each wainscot section, to the nearest 1/8.

The finished height of the wainscot is measured from the finished floor.

All measurements should be from the outside of the casings and or trim when present.

If door and window casings or other trim have yet to be installed, measure to the point at which the wainscot section will end.

Do not deduct for wainscoting on adjacent walls (as in a corner). We will account for the adjacent paneling when we layout and manufacture your wainscot.

Walls less than 10 in width cannot receive a raised panel. Depending on the width of the wall, a flat panel with framing or a solid piece of wainscot will be provided to cover these areas. Be sure to include these narrow wainscot sections on your order worksheet and layout drawing.

Areas beneath a window less than 12 in height cannot receive a raised panel. See the alternatives that are explained above.

Corners other than 90 may be present in your room. Do not add or deduct any length to these sections when ordering your wainscot. We will account for these areas when we layout and design your paneling. However, please indicate on your layout drawing the approximate angle of the corner.  Ex. 135 degrees.

MEASURING REGULAR WAINSCOT

OVERVIEW

When you measure for regular wainscot, youre simply providing Raisewall Panel Systems with the lengths of the areas that you wish to receive paneling.

1) On your layout drawing, draw the room to be paneled. Include and identify all doors, windows and corners.

2) Identify your first end point (a main doorway works well) and working from left to right, locate the next end point (see illustration below). The distance between these two end points is the length of your first wainscot section. Record this measurement on both your layout drawing and order worksheet.

3) Continuing around the room, record the length of each section between successive end points on BOTH your layout drawing and order worksheet.

4) WAINSCOT BENEATH A WINDOW. Measure the distance across the face of the window, along the top edge of the windowsill between the outside edges of the window casing. Record this measurement as a wainscot section.

5) WINDOW HEIGHT. Measure from the finished floor to the bottom of the window sill. Record this measurement in the window height column on the same line as the wainscot section you just measured.

6) If your regular wainscot is a nonstandard section see the MEASURING FOR NONSTANDARD WAINSCOT INSTRUCTIONS later in this guide , label the section as such on both your layout drawing and order worksheet.