How do you determine the Stackage (the length when fully raised ) of a pieced Roman shade?
This is really two questions. For a Pieced Roman Shade, your block size usually determines the size of the Stackage. See Folding a Shade. If you want to have the “best looking” Stackage for your particular window I use a general rule of 20-25% stackage. For example, if my window is 72″ long, 20% of 72″ is 14.4″ and 25% of 72″ is 18″. So for a 72″ long window, a stackage of 14 1/2″ to 18″ looks nice. The simplest way to determine a fold depth is to subtract the Stackage from the Finished Length. This is the part of the shade that folds up out of the way. You MUST have an even number of folds, so divide that “inner length” by an even number to get the fold depth. Now it is easy to do this for your own window using our Hardware Calculator. C6. I’m good at math, but I find using the Layout Tables in the back of your book to be tedious. Isn’t there an easier way? You can receive a Free copy of the Excel spreadsheet file that I use to layout pieced Roman shades. It does the math for you, so
