Measuring tape

[JD6920s]

Basically I’ve got a 50m fibreglass measuring tape, but when used at a reasonable length, the need to pull it taught for accurate measurement means it will stretch, to be honest it’s a bit like an elastic band, which isn’t ideal for squaring up a shed frame, so what make would you recommend please?

 

[RWG Contracts]

Any steel tape, they cost though

 

[blackieman83]

Any steel tape, they cost though

This.

Never set anything out with a fibreglass tape it will be wrong.

 

[MickMoor]

Steel for accuracy, every time.

 

[JD6920s]

Thanks for your replies, I’ll get one.

 

[Morph]

I bought a kite marked tape 100m job, set out a line of bolt boxes concreted them in . Went back to triangulate the other side using a 50m tape I had owned for years. Couldn't get anything to line up. Laid tapes out together the new tape was about 1 inch out per 20 ft bay.
Trading standards tested the tape too. The shops insurer paid out thousands to rectify.
The tape manufacturers were well known to trading standards.

Moral of story buy a steel tape.

 

[Forever Fendt]

we use a steel tape with a semi open reel as a bit of mud and dirt on the blade is not a problem when winding them in and they wind in fast,surprisingly the silver line ones are good value and last very well 50m £11 and 100m £21 always have 2 with you or you will be in the sh1t if you snap one when you are putting a set of bases in ect

 

[spanners and hammers]

have to watch some cheap ones they start 4 inch from the start loop

 

[Morph]

we use a steel tape with a semi open reel as a bit of mud and dirt on the blade is not a problem when winding them in and they wind in fast,surprisingly the silver line ones are good value and last very well 50m £11 and 100m £21 always have 2 with you or you will be in the sh1t if you snap one when you are putting a set of bases in ect

Silverline do a steel 100m tape?

 

[Forever Fendt]

Silverline do a steel 100m tape?

50m and 100 they are very good value for money Mad4 tools is cheapest around

 

[RWG Contracts]

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50m and 100 they are very good value for money Mad4 tools is cheapest around

That’s very cheap. I thought I’d got a bargin when I got one for £40

 

[TheTallGuy]

I bought a kite marked tape 100m job, set out a line of bolt boxes concreted them in . Went back to triangulate the other side using a 50m tape I had owned for years. Couldn't get anything to line up. Laid tapes out together the new tape was about 1 inch out per 20 ft bay.
Trading standards tested the tape too. The shops insurer paid out thousands to rectify.
The tape manufacturers were well known to trading standards.

Moral of story buy a steel tape.

Moral of the story - always compare a new tape against a known one before committing to a potentially expensive mistake.

 

[Forever Fendt]

That’s very cheap. I thought I’d got a bargin when I got one for £40

And they last for ages and wind up in a few seconds

 

[JD6920s]

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50m and 100 they are very good value for money Mad4 tools is cheapest around

Damn, I’d already ordered this before I saw your post! Never mind, still cheap enough.
Thanks
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/182818173665

 

[Steevo]

I had a Workzone steel tape from Aldi which served me well. In the end it snapped when it got caught on a piece of concrete.

Trying to avoid this, I swapped to a Bahco fibreglass tape and was pleased with it til a shed supplier told me they found fibreglass tapes stretched.

Might be wise to invest in a steel tape as well just in case...!

 

[Dyffryn]

Job to get a 200ft steel one.

 

[Morph]

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50m and 100 they are very good value for money Mad4 tools is cheapest around

Just had a look on mad4tools can't see a steel 100m one.

 

[spanners and hammers]

there are 100m steel out there but they over 100 to 170 pound inc vat

 

[TheTallGuy]

It's on the same page as the 50m one - you select it from the drop down box. https://www.mad4tools.com/silverline-geared-surveyors-long-tape-measure-various-sizes

Also available from Amazon
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0...+tape+100m&dpPl=1&dpID=41UrkR0KGNL&ref=plSrch

 

[Morph]

Didn't see that . The usual high cost of steel ones is why I ended up with a fibre one. The make of it was not quite gold.