I'd like to visualize how big 175 square feet is. I have trouble visualizing square footage, anyone advise?

Question

How should I best visualize square footage? I realize this is an important skill, especially when you're trying to buy a house, etc..I'm trying to buy a scooba, it says it cleans up 175 square feet on a full charge, but I don't know how big my kitchens' square footage is, help?

Ok, I believe the question is misunderstood. I know the math behind it, my question is centered towards best practices in training your eye in immediately visualizing how big 400 square foot would be. So Ideally what I'd like to do is to create analogies, which is really what my question is getting at. For instance, the person who said, a standard living room is around 175sq feet is right on the money. What object is around 500 sq ft, how about 50 sq ft, or 300 sq ft? How about a standard 3 bedroom apartment, what's the sq footage on that? What about a standard 1 bedroom apartment, what's the average square footage on that?

There's no way in hell a football field is 900 sq ft. try that one again.

Answer 1

One relatively easy imaging would be to consider the size of a double car garage, From 400 to 600 sq. ft. Then apply that to whatever you're trying to envision.

You mentioned 175 sq. ft. Consider that a comfortable size to fit a VolksWagen in.

If you stretched out both arms to your sides, that probably equates to approx. 6 ft.

Steven Wolf

Answer 2

Depends entirely on how you live. I would have trouble cramming all the stuff I have now into a space that size, but then I have a lot of books and quite a bit of hobby stuff to accommodate, and I have a dog who doesn't take up much space but does need some. My house, a mobile, is slightly more than 1,000 square feet and though somewhat crowded, is adequate for even a pack rat like me. It's not like I trip on stuff everywhere I go in the house. There are totally clear floor areas. If I were to remove 400 sf from this house, what I would lose is my spare bedroom and my sewing/craft room. If some other parts of this house were arranged differently, they could be more compact. The kitchen, for instance, could be smaller and still work, with a different floor plan. I'd suggest looking up floor plans for mobile homes and vacation cottages. Most of them are very well designed to take full advantage of a small space.

Answer 3

Ten x Ten is a typical tool shed that's 100 sq feet. Measure a tile on the floor is it about a foot? Count the tile. Imagine ten in each direction and add a couple each direction. Remember cabinets and such will cover spaces that you won't clean at all. So you have alot of square footage still left over probably.

Answer 4

Here is a simple way to visualise your problem. Either go to a Mall, large store as the floor tiles are usually 1 sq foot. Put something on that tile and count out 10 tiles and put something there. Turn 90 degrees and walk for 17 and one half tiles an turn and look at the both items you placed earlier. This is 175 sq feet. Please don't ask about cubed feet, as you can't suspend things in mid air, and my brain is getting tired.

Answer 5

Measure the length of a room in your house, and its width. Multiply one by the other to get the square footage. So if your room is 15 feet long and 12 feet wide, it would be 180 square feet.

For your purpose, just roughly measure the kitchen's FLOOR area, because the part of the room taken up by counters and appliances won't need to be cleaned by the scooba.

Answer 6

180 Square Feet

Answer 7

It is about the size of a typical living room. Imagine a room 10 feet wide (you could stride across it in three long steps) and a room 17.5 long- that would be 175 square feet.

Answer 8

How big is your bedroom? 12x12, maybe, I don't know, but 12 x12 is 144 sq.ft. A medium sized kitchen is probably a bit larger than 175 sq.ft 14 x 14 is 196 sq.ft.

Just measure it.

Answer 9

A common 12 by 14 foot bedroom, with closet.

Answer 10

Measure the length, multiply the width, equals sq. footage, imagine a football field, 30 yards wide by 10 yds, 300 sq. yards or 900 sq ft. READ the answer, 10 yds of a football field.