Trim Take-Off Sheet
Measure every room, note the longest wall in each, and take one list to the yard.
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The job
- Property
- Date
- Trim profile
- Height
- Material
- Length sold
- Price per length
One row per room
| Room | Perimeter (ft) | Doorways | Net run (ft) | Longest wall | Lengths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The arithmetic
- Perimeter
- 2 x (length + width)
- Net run
- perimeter - doorways x width
- To buy
- net run + waste
- Lengths
- to buy / stick length, rounded up
- Default waste
- 10%
- Common stick lengths
- 8, 12 and 16 ft
Before you cut anything
- Every room measured and the longest wall noted
- Stick length chosen so long walls run in ONE piece
- Access checked - a 16 ft length has to get round the stairs
- Trim left in the room for a few days to acclimatise before cutting
- Profile matched if you are adding to existing trim - take an offcut to the yard
- Inside corners planned as coped, not mitred
- Stud positions marked before the trim goes on
- Extra ordered - offcuts under a foot are unusable
The join you cannot unsee
Total footage is the easy number and the least important one. What decides whether the job looks right is running each wall in a single length. A scarf joint mid-wall is visible under raking light forever, no matter how carefully it is glued and filled. Buy the longer stick.