The Scanstead blog
Measure smarter, every day
A new post every day on LiDAR scanning, takeoffs, floor plans, and winning bids with better numbers.
GuidesSeptember 15, 2026·1 min read
Scanning a whole house: room by room, floor by floor
One room is easy. Here's the workflow for capturing an entire house as a single aligned 3D model, including stairs, and what to do when a room needs a rescan.
How it worksSeptember 14, 2026·1 min read
How LiDAR actually measures a room
The sensor in your iPhone fires thousands of invisible light pulses a second. Here's how those pulses become wall lengths you can put in a bid.
LaunchSeptember 13, 2026·1 min read
Why we built Scanstead
Every job starts with measuring, and measuring by hand is the slowest, most error-prone part of the walkthrough. So we replaced it with a walk.