after measuring a room for drywall how do i do i change that number into square feet?

Answer 1

generally you would order by the sheet say an 8ft x 4ft sheet (32sq ft) Measure the length of your wall by the height, say (10 x 8= 80 sq ft) you would allow 3 sheets for this area or you could buy 2 10 x 4 sheets to cover this area. Do the same for your ceiling area and remaining walls. Depending on the room details you could also deduct for doors and windows. you will lay the sheets length ways on your walls so an 8 ft high wall will take 2 sheets 4 ft high x the length. Another way is measure length x width x height for your walls and length times width for the ceiling. And there is a conversion website to change into sq. ft

Answer 2

If I understand the question right, there is no way to know exactly what the square footage is by just measuring the floor. You need to measure each wall separately; length x height (sq. ft), then add all the walls together. The ceiling is of course the length x width, add that to the wall square footage and then divide by 32 to find the number of 4x8 sheets you need. Add about 10% more sheets than your divided number because of waste that will be unavoidable.
I would not recommend anything bigger than 4x8 sheets.

Answer 3

all those answer ????????
the room is?
12 x 12 = 12 +12 + 12 + 12 = 48
ceiling is 8 ft high
48 X 8 =384 sq ft
a sheet of drywall is 4 x 8 = 32 sq ft
384 / 32 = 12
you need 12 sheets for the walls

if your doing the ceiling you need another 144 sq ft

Answer 4

usually people just order the number of sheets they need.
for example, if it is 12 ft x 12 ft you need 8 sheets if you get 12' long sheets. they come various sizes. you can get 4' x 8', 4' x 12', 4-1/2' x 8', 4-1/2' x 8' 4-1/2' is for 9' ceilings. you also can get it 1/2" for walls or 5/8" thick for ceilings. using 12' x 12' you also need 3 sheets of 5/8" 4x12 or 5 sheets of 4x8.

But sq.ft then 48 lin ft by ceiling height. say 8' then it is 48 x 8 or 384 sq.ft. another 144 sq.ft for ceiling

Answer 5

measure side and height and multiply this two numbers this is square feet for one wall

next same for second, tree, four, and sealing

than add all the individual walls result combine to the result for a room

Answer 6

well if you measured it in centremetres divide the number by 2.54which will give you an answer in inches
divide that number to the nearest whole by 12

so 61inches divided by 12 = 5ft 1inch for example

you then mutliply both the height by width of the wall to get the square footage

p.s. if you measured it in millimetres divide by 25.4

whoops sorry meant divide as corrected:)

Answer 7

i go to a conversion website, it does everything you need very easy to use, just input the area you want and the choose what you need (eg meters into sq. ft) it then gives the results. hope that helps

Answer 8

Multiply length times width for all walls and the cieling, then add together.

Answer 9

The first response is correct, but you need to divide by 2.54 and not multiply