There is even a siding square footage calculator so you can estimate house siding costs without any hassle.
Convert square feet to linear feet for siding.
Continuing with the example above assume your house has 800 square feet to be sided.
Siding width and overlap need to be entered in inches.
Multiply height by width to get that side s surface area in square feet.
Divide the linear footage by 12 to find the number of boards needed to cover the wall.
Divide the square footage by the exposed board height of 0 83 feet.
This will give the linear footage of siding necessary.
Understanding how to convert square feet to linear feet helps to ensure you purchase the right amount of flooring for your space.
Cedar siding makes this task easier by providing an online calculator that can quickly convert between squares 10 x 10 area of exposure and the material counts for the types of siding we offer.
Decimal format eg an 8 1 4 board with 1 1 4 overlap 8 25 for width 1 25 for overlap.
Multiply converted area by 12 than divide by the nominal width.
Boards are most commonly sold in 12 lengths though 16 and 20 lengths can often be ordered.
Multiply height by width for each area and add to get total square footage not covered with siding.
Estimate the number of linear feet of siding needed by multiplying the width of the wall in feet by the number of courses.
You determine how many linear feet of flooring you need by multiplying your square footage by 12 and then dividing it by the width of your floor boards.
For example let s find how many square feet of lumber there will be if there are 5 linear feet of boards that are 6 wide.
As good results depend upon workmanship and subsurface upon which siding is applied nelma is in no way responsible for performance of wood siding.
You need to know the length of one side of the area you wish to measure in either feet ft inches in yards yd centimetres cm millimetres mm or metres m.
Add side measurements and enter them here.
Start by converting the width measurement to feet so we have common units of measure.
Enter this total square footage here.
Wall height in feet.
Measure to find the number of linear feet needed for each.
What measurements do you need.
Wall length in feet.
In this example 800 square feet divided by 0 83 feet is approximately 964 linear feet of siding.
The calculator is easy to use simply select a siding product enter in your unit quantity and let us take care of the rest for you.
This siding calculator will calculate the lineal length of siding in feet needed to cover a wall and the square feet of the wall.