How To Know How Much Flooring To Buy

But first when you re buying your floors you ll need to know the exact square footage you ll need.

How to know how much flooring to buy.

We suggest either drawing your floor plan to scale or using an electronic tool such as our magicplan app. Flooring is most often sold by the square foot thus square footage is what will be used to find the actual measurement of the area to be covered by new flooring. You can also use a calculator for this. This number is comprised of the 100 percent of flooring needed to cover the area plus as much as 15 percent to account for installation wastage and 5 percent to account for defective materials.

Plus a little extra flooring on hand is great for repairs down the road. Knowing how much flooring to buy can vary by flooring type. This allows for mistakes and bad pieces. Example for a 15 by 30 foot room the total area is 450 square feet.

Buy the amount of flooring needed 100 percent plus another 20 percent maximum. To calculate this measure the length and width of your walls. Establish the square footage to calculate the square footage of a room multiple the room s width by length. To get an accurate estimation on the amount of flooring you need to buy to cover your space you must first properly measure a room to determine how much flooring space is needed.

It s always smart to buy 10 more flooring than what you think you need.