Measure between the rafters, not across the glass
Made-to-measure means your tracks only fit your opening. Here is the whole of what we need, and the two mistakes that cost people a remake.
Buying something cut to your own measurements online is a small act of faith, and the one real risk is the tape measure. It is worth twenty minutes to get this right, because a track cut to the wrong number fits nobody else's veranda either.
Start with the clearance
Before anything else, check the gap between the underside of the glass and the bottom of the rafter. The guides and the folded fabric need at least 4 cm of free space in there. It is the one figure that can rule the whole thing out, so it is the one to check first rather than last.
Then each section, on its own
- Measure the width from the inside face of one rafter to the inside face of the next. Not the glass — the rafters are what the guides fix to.
- Measure that width at both ends of the bay, front and back, and send us the smaller of the two numbers.
- Measure the depth from the front of the bay to the back, down the fall of the roof.
- Repeat for every bay. They are rarely identical and we would rather have four honest numbers than one average.
What we can and cannot make
| Dimension | Limit |
|---|---|
| Clearance under the glass | 4 cm minimum |
| Widest single section | 120 cm |
| Longest single section | 600 cm |
A wider roof is not a problem — it simply has more sections. The configurator asks for each one separately for exactly this reason, and it walks you through it with the numbers in front of you.
If you would rather not do any of this: add fitting when you configure. Our team measures on the day and the fit becomes our responsibility rather than yours.