Linear Feet Carpet

For apartment grade material to over 10 per sq.

Linear feet carpet.

Linear footage is a measure of length or distance while square footage is a measure of area. A linear foot is a 1ft length from a roll of carpet nomatter however wide it may be. 13 5 and 15 feet widths are also available. If a board is 5 feet long it is 5 linear feet.

Multiply the linear feet x 1 333 to get your square yard figure. Retailers sell carpet in precut widths on a roll most commonly 12 feet in width. A linear foot is equal to 12 inches or 1 foot. You should probably get some extra to allow for possible waste.

Always add an additional 10 to your total figures to cover room irregularities accommodations for carpet grain. Multiply 18x14 to calculate the square footage of the room and then divide by the width of the roll 12 ft. How to convert linear feet to square feet. Before doing any calculations it s important to understand what linear feet and square feet are.

Such long and unneccessarily complex answers. That s what the lowe s flooring estimator is for. Padding ranges from 10 cents to 60 cents a sq. If you have a room 10 feet wide by 10 feet long you ll need to purchase a 12 foot by 10 foot section of the roll.

Because these are different types of measure some additional information will be needed to convert between. Stainmaster essentials aristocrat ii 15 ft textured interior carpet. It isn t necessary to convert feet to linear feet because they are one and the same. Just plug in the length and width of the room and our square foot calculator for flooring will tell you how much carpet is needed while the flooring estimator determines the average man.

For pricing and availability. The term linear only applies to units of measure that are a straight line. Costs for carpet can vary widely from 1 sq. You need 21 linear feet of carpet.

For luxury natural materials. Select elements home office cobblestone heather green needlebond carpet interior exterior item 749405. Besides the carpet itself nearly all carpets require padding underneath. Padding is sold in the same manner as carpet but is much less expensive.

In most instances the term foot refers to a linear foot. You need 21 feet. You ve measured from top to bottom and now it s time to put down carpet but you still don t know exactly how much you ll need.