Storey poleとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Rarely used in building construction after the mass production of the steel tape measure, a storey pole (or story pole) is a length of narrow board, often a 1x4 usually cut to the height of one storey. It was used as a layout tool for both wood framing and brickwork, measured and marked by the master carpenter for the heights from (usually) the floor platform of a building for dimensions such as window sill heights, window top heights (or headers), exterior door heights (or headers), interior door heights, wall gas jet heights (for gas lamps) and the level of the next storey joists. It made for quick, repeatable measurements without the need of otherwise calibrated measuring devices or workers skilled in using them.