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Resource - How To Measure and Figure Draperies

 

The following information should be used to simplify the process of figuring yardage and labor for a quote.

The first thing that must be determined is the area that is to covered by the drapery treatment. If wall to wall, ceiling to floor, the measurement is simple.  However if you are dealing with window treatments, you must first measure the window, and then decide how much of the wall on each side is to be covered.  The same goes for the top and bottom of the window. If you are going to the floor, measure from the sill to the floor and decide how high above the window you want to install the rod.  If it is to be a double or triple treatment (sheer under and valance over) don’t forget the returns that must be added on for each layer. (a safe add on for the returns is 4” per layer on each side).

Standard fullness of a lined or blackout lined drapery is 200% (this may be modified depending on a customers specific needs or circumstances).  Fullness may be adjusted as low as 175% to as high as 300%, although, we really don’t recommend either end of the spectrum. 175% fullness is low and would produce a flat looking drapery.  On the other hand, 300% is very full, especially on a blackout lined drapery, this would create a tendency to balloon out.

To determine the number of widths for a drapery, you need to decide the fullness desired, for example, let’s assume we want a blackout lined drapery 200% fullness.  There are 3 important pieces of information necessary to complete this process, they are: 1. the rod (hardware) width. 2. is the drapery center open or one way draw?  If the draperies are center open, please add 14” to the rod width to cover overlaps and standard returns, if they are one way draw type, please add 7”. And 3. the width of the fabric.  Once these questions are answered, figuring your widths is a piece of cake. Let’s say we need a 96” rod width, center open using 54” fabric.

Example: 96 + 14 = 110 x 2 = 220 / 54 = 4.07 (4 widths)

We usually would round up in order to maintain the correct fullness, although, you could round down depending on customer needs.



 

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