Measure a home with a Bluetooth laser meter

What you need

• A Bluetooth laser distance meter on Home Check's list of supported devices (see Activate device in the app).
• Bluetooth and Location (GPS) turned on — the app needs location permission to find a meter nearby.
• A rough sketch of the rooms to plan the order; a tape measure for spots the laser cannot reach.
• Every room door open, and items moved away from the foot of the walls so the beam hits the wall itself.

Steps

1. Activate the meter

   Open the menu, choose “Activate device”, bring the meter close to the phone and tap “Scan Devices”. Pick the meter that appears and tap “Activate” — once per meter.

2. Open the laser editor

   On the home screen, tap “Digitize”, then “Bluetooth laser meter”. In the editor, tap the Bluetooth button and choose the activated meter.

3. Measure the outer walls first

   Start at the corner by the main door and go round the house in one direction. Put the base of the meter against the corner, aim the beam square to the opposite corner and press measure: the length goes into the wall you are drawing. Carry on until the loop is closed.

4. Add the partitions

   Measure each partition the same way. For the selected wall, choose what to capture before you press measure: length, thickness or height.

5. Place doors, windows and columns

   Select a door or window, measure from the wall corner to the edge of the opening, then the width, height and height above the floor; for columns, measure two sides. Each reading goes into the property you selected.

6. Check and save

   Compare the totals of opposite sides of the house; if they differ a lot, re-measure the doubtful side. Mark the main door and save the plan to a project.

7. Set polarity and check feng shui

   Enter the facing degree measured at the main door, set polarity and run the feng shui check on the plan you just measured.

Common mistakes

• Location (GPS) is off, so the phone cannot find the meter.
• Holding the meter at an angle, so the beam hits the wall diagonally — the reading is longer than reality.
• Measuring to a cabinet, curtain or furniture against the wall instead of the wall itself.
• Aiming at glass or a mirror — the beam passes through or bounces back and the reading is wrong.
• Measuring room by room at random without closing the outer loop first — the overall size drifts.
• Forgetting to select the right wall or the right value (length, thickness, height) before pressing measure.

Do it in Home Check

1. Tap “Digitize”, then “Bluetooth laser meter” to open the laser editor.
2. Home Check receives readings over Bluetooth and puts them straight into the selected wall, door or column — length, thickness, width, height, height above floor: draw as you measure.
3. Once drawn, the editor calculates each room's area; view in 3D, set polarity, check feng shui and export a PDF on the same plan.
4. For a new meter, go to “Activate device” to scan for and activate it.

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