Measuring a tall framed opening without the ladder

Framing
Layout
Ladder Safety

A wide opening on an exposed upper floor is the sort of dimension people climb for, and the ladder is usually already leaning against it. The T1M Utility takes the span on the laser from where you are standing, reading 97 and three eighths without anyone leaving the deck. The number is the same either way; what changes is that nobody is holding a tape at the top of a ladder on an open floor.

Leave the ladder where it is

Tall openings invite a climb
The laser takes the span from the deck
97 3/8 read at waist height
Nobody on a ladder on an open floor
Same number, fewer ways to fall

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An upper floor under construction, blue building wrap on the outside, open framing and a city skyline beyond. A ladder leans against the opening and stacks of redwood and framing lumber sit across the deck. The tool is used at waist height and the display reads 97 and three eighths, the span taken on the laser rather than by climbing to the far side.