Measuring services can be an invaluable asset to your company. Trained measuring services provide scaled diagrams, include accurately measured rooms with the layout with seam locations, the type and condition of the subfloor and any needed floor preparation. Good measuring services also note excessive furniture and appliances, including unusual ones. Even the direction of light (for better seaming) is indicated, and all of these details are signed off by the customer. A good measurer even clarifies any unusual customer habits or unforeseen practices of the customer (i.e. wheelchairs.) Trained measuring services are your “eyes” on the jobsite. (See CRI 105 official measuring & planning standards.)
Independent measurers save your company costly estimating errors, especially when inexperienced salespeople are involved. These error savings are particularly true when a competent associate reviews the yardage or square foot calculations based on the total length of the cuts calculated to complete the job correctly. Furthermore, if the diagram contains incorrect measurements, scale drawings usually catch errors because the dimensional balances of the diagram rarely correspond—the drawing lines do not match up.