Important Use the perspective you are inside your space looking out towards your yard..
Lay your entire project out on a sheet of paper
Work your way from LEFT to RIGHT (good reasons)
2. Measure Entire Exposure
Measure along the path that your curtain will take
Write widths of each side in ft-in (i.e. 16-1 means 16ft 1in).
Circle the heights at each corner represented in inches
3. Measure Width of Each Panel
Now add panel widths starting from LEFT to RIGHT. It is up to you where curtain panels start and end.
Panel breaks will create a doorway.
Try to minimize the number of panels in your project
to save cost,
to have one less opening to seal,
and to create the most seamless look possible.
If you have shapes non-rectangular shapes that must be phoned in, this is the information we need.
For a 16-0w x 84"h 2-car garage, we recommend a single panel 16-5 wide x 84"h (track) or 86"h (Velcro®)
4. Important Adjustments For Each Panel
(why?) YOU must make these adjustments when ordering
Width Adjustments
Measured Width
Width Adjustment
3ft - 5ft
add 3 inches
6ft - 15ft
add 4 inches
16ft - 25ft
add 5 inches
26ft - 40ft
add 6 inches
41ft - 50ft
add 7 inches
51ft - 60ft
add 8 inches
61ft - 70ft
add 9 inches
71ft - 80ft
add 10 inches
81ft - 90ft
add 10 inches
Height Adjustments
Tracking - Measure from Track mounting surface to floor with NO Adjustments If measured height is to the ½" then ROUND DOWN
Velcro - Exposed Height + 2" To overlap top by 1" and floor by 1" If height is to the ½" then ROUND UP
Why Width Adjustments?
Curtains are designed for a relaxed fit - not drum tight and not sloppy loose. We have about a 1% variance in width measurements for a variety of reasons. Widths need to be a bit wider than your exposures for protective overlap at doorways and where curtains fasten to either a wall or support column.
Many clients are intuitively aware of this concept. If we were to automatically make the adjustments for you, we would risk over adjusting should our clever clients also adjust, so we spell out the adjustments here to be crystal clear.
These width adjustments are very good guidelines, however feel free to use your best judgment with these concepts in mind.
Designed for a relax fit with a bit of give to them.
You need a 1" overlap for a panel-to-panel doorway.
You need about 2" to seal the side binding to a wall or column
We could be off by 1" per 10ft of width. (has to do with the sewing process)
Why are Heights Different for Tracking vs Velcro?
Tracking is ceiling mounted to the underside of your exposed opening. You automatically get a 1" drop from the track rail itself that will give you a perfect 1" overlap with the floor. In fact, if you find that your measurement is actually to the 1/2" (for example a 104.5" height), you can round DOWN to 104".
Velcro is a side mounted attachment. The 2" adjustment is to give you a 1" attachment surface at the top + a 1" overlap with the floor.
See Diagram to learn how to measure for top cutouts.
Create a polygon that approximates the shape of the arc. Take the height at 5 evenly spaced intervals. Tracking is NOT possible on this shape. You must use "fixed" Velcro attachment. To use tracking, side mount a 2" x 2" wood strip and then mount rectangular panel beneath wood strip.
French Door Application
Despite the fact that this is only 6ft wide x 84in tall, a French door application would not be much different than a 30ft wide single plane exposure.
