3 Sided Exposure - Irregular Columns With Tracking Attachment
If you have irregularly-shaped columns, you have one choice, an Inside Hang, where panels take a path INSIDE your columns.
Projects with Irregular-shaped columns are generally multi-panel configurations for ease of use and natural looking swags. Because we cannot fasten a panel directly to the irregularly-shaped corner columns, panels will straddle the corner columns.
- IMPORTANT: Sum width of all sides = Sum of all panel widths.
- Panel breaks with magnetic doorways are wherever you like on each side.
- Panels that straddle corner columns cannot be fastened directly to irregularly-shaped columns.
- If for some reason you don't have a good under-mounting surface, remember you can make one by side-mounting a 2" x 2" wood strip, then under-mounting track to the wood strip.
- Measure heights at all 4 corners from underside of track mounting surface to floor. Heights could be different -- do not assume they are the same.
- Measure the exposed widths of all sides ALONG the path your tracking will take WITHOUT ANY OVERLAP.
Watch the video using marine snaps, magnetic doorways, and stucco strips.
Once you have your panel configuration, there are a few panel adjustments to make for each panel. Use our panel calculator below to help with your calculations.
WIDTH ADJUSTMENTS
- For Tracking Attachment: Add another 1-in per 10ft of panel width for relaxed fit
- Subtract 1-in for EACH edge connecting a Stucco Strip
- Add another 1-inch for EACH edge that will snap to some surface
- Automatically add 2-inches per panel regardless of width
HEIGHT ADJUSTMENTS
- Measuring is done from the bottom of the track mounting surface to the floor.
- NO height adjustments necessary for tracking. The 1-inch drop in the track will automatically give you a 1-inch overlap with the floor.
Simple Panel Adjustment Calculator
This simple panel calculator will make your panel adjustments for each panel, one at a time! Use this calculator by entering the 5 pieces of information required to adjust your panels. Repeat for each panel larger than a stucco strip.
NOTE: If the difference between all 4 heights is less than 1.5-inches, just use the tallest of the 4 heights. If the heights differ more than 1.5-inches, call in your order because we will need to taper the slope.
Unadjusted Panel Size
Side & Top Attachment
Final Width & Height
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