How to measure for motorized curtains

If we measure your windows, the sizes are our responsibility and a bad fit is our problem to remake. If you measure them yourself you save a visit, and a remake is charged at half the product price — so it is worth doing slowly.

1. Use a steel tape measure, not a cloth one. Measure to the nearest 1/8 inch.
2. Inside mount: measure the inside width at the top, middle and bottom; enter the narrowest. Measure height at left, center and right; enter the longest.
3. Outside mount: measure the area you want covered, adding at least 2 inches on each side and 3 inches above the frame.
4. Curtains and tracks: measure the full track length you want, wall to wall or bracket to bracket, and the height from track to floor.
5. Note obstructions such as handles, cranks, vents or outlets and enter them in the room label.
6. Not sure? Book a free in-home measurement instead — our measurement guarantee then covers the fit.

Before you start

A steel tape, a pencil, and somewhere to write three numbers per window. Do not use a cloth tape: it stretches, and an eighth of an inch is the difference between a curtain that closes and one that does not.

When in doubt

Order a free fabric sample while you measure — it gives you a week to look at the colour in your own light before you commit to anything.

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If the window is unusual — a bay, a skylight, an arch, anything above a stairwell — book the free measurement instead. Those are the ones that go wrong.