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Fiberglass Tape Measure

A wind up type of builder\'s long tape measure. Comes in various lengths up to 50M.

A Lufkin 30M fibreglass tape.

• The main advantage of fiberglass in this type of measure is it's robustness and freedom from breakage. It can get twisted around obstructions and still not break.
• They come in lengths up to around 50M.
• They can be hand in Metric, Imperial and both with a different face on each side.

They have the drawback of being not as accurate as the steel tapes. They do stretch when pulled very tight.

• That being said the tape in the photo has been used to set out dozens of house sized jobs over its life of about 15 years.

In that time I guess I would have otherwise had to buy at least one steel tape every year as steel is prone to splitting and kinking.

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