For Sin’s flat at South Western House in Southampton, we wanted to put up a screen of batons.
The batons dimensions are:
- 1170mm long to fit between ceiling and mezanine floor;
- 44mm wide
- 17mm deep
We bought them from B&Q at about £34 for six in a pack. They come in a length of 2400mm and do actually fit in a mini. We cut them to length and stained them with walknut varnish, satin finish.
The distance to be covered is 1180mm from post to post. In this gap we need to fit ‘x’ batons, with a gap of ‘y’ The question is, what size is ‘y’?
Total width of batons 17x
Total number of gaps x-1
Total width of gaps (x-1)y = xy-y
Formula: 1180 = 17x + xy - y
17x + x*y - y = 1180
So from this we can pick a number of batos on the x axis and read the required width on the y.