Now it s recommended with wood flooring to add a 5 waste factor for cutting and fitting waste.
How to measure a room for wooden flooring.
Unfinished is mostly 7 ft but can go up to 12 ft depending on the floor.
If there is a bump out or any other irregularity that creates additional width measure at that point even if most of the room is not that wide.
Then multiply the 2 numbers together to get the area in square feet.
For example if your room is 242 long by 311 wide multiply those numbers and then divide the result by 144 square inches per square foot.
Measure wall to wall not baseboard to baseboard.
This can be done by measuring from wall to wall and then multiplying those two distances.
To determine how many square feet you need measure the room s length by its width.
To obtain an accurate measurement it is best that you measure your floor by the inch.
For areas with angles measure to the longest points and divide by 2.
The total amount of square footage 100 sq.
You may measure more accurately by measuring by the inch.
Always measure the widest parts of the room.
Measuring is as simple as measuring the length and width and then multiply those two distances.
Flooring will go under the baseboard.