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How to Measure and Calculate Flooring - Carpet, Ceramic, Vinyl
March 11
How to Measure and Calculate for Flooring (Carpet or Hard-Surface)
The Formulas for calculating flooring are simple, but if you don't use them often, they are easy to forget... Here are the formulas for Square Feet and Square Yards (hard-surface products are usually measured in sq/ft (square feet) and soft-surface are usually measured in sq/yds (square-yards))
So Carpet, Linoleum or Vinyl would probably need a sq/yd measurement.
First you need to calculate Sq/Ft (square-feet)- The formula is:
Length X Width = Sq/Ft
So, if you have a room that is 12 ft by 12 ft:
12X12=144 sq/ft
Now that you have calculated Sq/Ft all you have to remember is that there are 9 sq/ft in 1 sq/yd. So, to calculate your square-yardage you simply divide by 9
12X12=144 sq/ft --- 144 sq/ft divided by 9=16 sq/yds (square yards)
The formula looks like this
12X12/9=16 sq/yds
That is the easy part. When you calculate for flooring you must remember 2 things:
1. Always measure to the widest part of the room (including doorways, up to the middle of where the door shuts), and over any steps or rises.
2. Always add 6%(for one room) to 10% (for entire home) for waste factor. Most clients are surprised to learn that they must pay for a percentage of waste, but this is normal for the flooring industry. (I will explain why when I have more time)
Now that you have your room(s) measured. Your formula should be like this:
12x12/9+6%
Here is the break-down:
12x12=144 sq/ft
144/9=16 sq/yds
16+6%=16.96 Sq/Yds Carpet needed for this room.
(you can round up to 17 Sq/Yds)
---It is always better to have a little Flooring left over, than to come up 6 inches short and not be able to finish the Installation---
Summary:
Sq/Ft = Length X Width
Sq/Yds=Length X Width divided by 9 (9 sq/ft in 1 sq/yd)
Charles Beason
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Posted 08:49 PM March 11, 2008
Comments:
this was somewhat help full except for the fact that most rooms are not 12 by 12, but instead it is the the width of standard carpet. now how do you figure it out if you have a room that is 18'x20' and there is a nook that is 5'x3'
Just take your 2 measurements and figure them seperately:
18x20=360sq/ft divided by9= 40 sq/yds
5x3=15sq/ft divided by 9= 1.66 sq/yds
add them together = 41.66 sq/yds
now add 8% for waste = 44.99 sq/yds total
hope this helps
Comment by Chazb on 08:17 AM June 25, 2008
hello.... nobody caught the fact that 144 sq ft is 16 sq yards, not 12.
so that example would send someone home short almost 4 yards of carpet.
Thank you Blaster for pointing out the error in my result...
Kind of embarassing for someone who's been doing this for over thirty years :(...
guess I was in a hurry... at least the formula is correct LOL
Chazb
Comment by Chazb on 03:44 PM September 22, 2008
I calculated the amount of carpet to be 33.87 sq/yds the carpet cost $5.00 sq/yd. How do I calculate the cost?
33.87 X 5 + sales tax --- Most carpet dealers will round to the nearest third of a sq/yd and calculate thusly:
34 X 5 = $170.00 + (current sales tax 7.75%)
Total = $ 183.17
Hope this helps you,
Chazb
www.rugrunnerbiz.com
Comment by Chazb on 12:36 PM February 18, 2009
Thank you so much for the info - always had trouble with square feet and yards but knew there was something with 9!! Doing interlocking patio stones in my yard. Thanks again.
Diane
Thanks for the easy to understand info I will save on computer for future projects. I'm glad that I came across your web site. Thanks again! Here's hoping everything turns out alright.
thanks for making it so easy to calculate. went through a few websites and yours was they best..
Comment by VENUS on 10:09 AM September 02, 2009
This still does not cover the Drop and Fill Method that so many insurance companies use to calculate carpet. Is there a reference manual somewhere covering the Drop and Fill Method?????????
Don
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