Re: measuring stuff


"Not@home" <Not@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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For the windows, take off the interior molding. You should then be able
to see and accurately measure the existing frame, and know how big a
replacement frame will fit. You are likely to find the opening is larger
than the existing frame, with shims to fit it. If you get a bigger
replacement that will fit in the opening, you will have to cut a bigger
opening in the siding, and that's more work than most people want to do.


Okay, I can do that. I'm pretty sure the new measurements will come out
72x36 so it does sound like I was measuring them wrong.

Eigenvector wrote:
Today I took a trip to the Lowe's store so that I could get a replacement
for a hollow core door. I also wanted to check out the windows and see
what they had.

So I measured my door and it came out to be 30x79" and the windows were
34x71"

Looking at the doors, the hollow core doors were only in 30x80" My
assumption is that I mis-measured my door and didn't worry about it. On
a lark I re-measured my existing door - yup it is literally 30x79 and the
replacement is 30x80. Did my door shrink? It certainly wasn't altered,

Now onto the windows. When I measured them I measured from the inside
box. I mean the rectangular cavity that the window fits into. When I was
looking at the windows at Lowe's, they are something like 36"x72", nice
normal dimensions and slightly larger than my window's dimensions. Again
the similiarity tells me that I simply mis-measured the window.

But if I did, how do I measure a window when trying to find a
replacement?


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