Draughts in Torquay: measurement and tolerance
Measuring, tolerance and fit in Torquay. We measure properly before anything is ordered, and the measurements go on the quote.
We measure properly before anything is ordered, and the measurements go on the quote.
Openings are rarely square. Diagonals differ, reveals taper, and lintels sag by small amounts over decades, so anything made to a single width and height will fight the hole it is put into.
Draughts Torquay: measurement and tolerance
Because manufacture works to millimetres. A check measure after the survey is cheaper for everyone than a component made to a number that turned out to be a rough one.
measurement and tolerance decision path for Draughts in Torquay
Proper measurement takes width and height at three points each, both diagonals, and a level and plumb reading, then works to the smallest dimension with a deliberate tolerance for packing and sealing. That deliberate gap is not sloppiness — it is what allows the unit to be shimmed square inside an out-of-square hole.
Measuring, tolerance and fit in Torquay
Openings are rarely square. Diagonals differ, reveals taper, and lintels sag by small amounts over decades, so anything made to a single width and height will fight the hole it is put into.
Proper measurement takes width and height at three points each, both diagonals, and a level and plumb reading, then works to the smallest dimension with a deliberate tolerance for packing and sealing. That deliberate gap is not sloppiness — it is what allows the unit to be shimmed square inside an out-of-square hole.
Sight sizes matter as much as overall sizes. Two openings that measure identically outside can need different glass if the rebate depths differ, which is why templates are taken rather than assumed.
Draughts Torquay: measurement and tolerance
Sight sizes matter as much as overall sizes. Two openings that measure identically outside can need different glass if the rebate depths differ, which is why templates are taken rather than assumed.
Draughts Torquay: measurement and tolerance
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- Because manufacture works to millimetres. A check measure after the survey is cheaper for everyone than a component made to a number that turned out to be a rough one.
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