want to buy some flloring for my house,how do i work out how many square metres i need for each floor?

Question

thx

Answer 1

you will need a tape measure, a pen/pencil and a piece of paper

Answer 2

The best thing to do is measure your rooms in whatever kind of measurements you are familiar with, whether it be feet or metres. Measure the room from the widest point. EG if you have a bay window you will need to measure from the bay to the furthest point at the other side of the room. Also if you have alcoves you will need to measure the width of the room from the alcoves over to the other side of the room. Once you've done this if you take your measurements to the shop the shop assistants will help you. They are used to this and don't actually expect customers to know exactly how many square meters they need. You'll be fine if you do this - don't worry.

If you are in doubt the shop normally have flooring people who will come out and measure for you. Even if you are buying laminate or wood flooring from somewhere like B&Q they will still be able to help with the conversions.

EXTRA TIP- write your measurements in a small book and keep it in the boot of your car. I do this for all measurements I take eg for curtains, width of alcoves, all sorts of things and over time you'll end up with all the measurements in your book that you'll ever need. This way you'll only need to do the measurement once and when you find the perfect flooring/curtains/piece of furniture etc when you least expect it, you can just get the book out of your car boot instead of having to go home and measure again or even worse - risk buying something that won't fit in the space that you had hoped. I know I sound a bit like a train spotter (no offence to train spotters) but this has saved me loads of time over the years and saved me from making costly mistakes. Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year

Answer 3

Just measure 2 walls back wall and side wall ie 4 metre x 3 meter, 12 meters, Flooring packs have the coverage on them, And yes 10 percent 'ish' for waste.

Answer 4

You may need someone to help you with the tape measure etc. etc. Measure each rectangle using a tape measure. In the diagram below 1,2,3 are all different rectangles and need to be measured accordingly and note it in some form of log, making sure you know what the measurement is, which room it is and where it's going (you may find it helpful to divide upo your own floorplan into rectangles as shown). Bring this log with you to wherever you're buying your flooring from.
____________________
l _____________2_____l
l xl
l 1 l___________
ll____________3l

N.B. Life isn't always simple; not all rooms are rectangular. I'd make sure you use a try square to check that your corners are 90 degrees. You may need a calculator and/or a knowledge of areas of circle sectors, Pythagoras' theorem and other mathematical delights to calculate non-square room floor areas.

ALWAYS order more flooring than you need. Even the best of us make mistakes.

Answer 5

times the width by the length, in metres, each pack of flooring should tell you how many square metres that pack will cover.

Answer 6

Measure the lenght and multiply by the width (eg 3mx3m = 9m2 ) 9m2 plus 5% for damage total 9.5m2 approx.

Answer 7

After you get the amount figured out...add 10 to 20 percent more for waste...which yo will have when cutting it and laying it down.

Answer 8

measure the 2 sides of the wall length, longest and shortest, add them together then double it !, with odd sshaped areas, split them into seperate squares, then do the same !!! hope that helps .....

Answer 9

just measure lenghth ana width of the room.and wherever you buy it from will convert it for you.

Answer 10

just go on BNQ web site and they work it out for you.