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.
Linear yard of carpet.
Carpeting is usually sold by square yards and most come in rolls of 9 12 or 15 feet wide.
Always measure the widest parts of the room.
To convert this to square feet all you need is some simple math.
12 feet 13 5 feet and 15 feet.
While our carpet area calculator determines how many square yards of carpet you need you can once again do the math on your own.
Carpet and wallpaper in the united states are sold by the lineal yard.
If the floor plan is complex or there s multiple rooms break it.
How many square feet in a yard of carpet.
There are nine square feet in one square yard of carpet.
1 yard 12 feet 3 yard 4 square yards.
Therefore you need to know how many square yards not square feet of carpet you require.
It s quoted in square feet or square yards.
To see how many square yards you would need enter the measurements of your room in our calculator.
Occasionally carpet is sold by the square yard.
Carpet manufacturers and retailers often don t provide any information about what a linear foot really is.
In fact linear foot is just a slightly different way to measure the area covered by the carpet.
With carpet it is especially important to measure accurately.
Measure wall to wall not baseboard to baseboard.
What is a linear foot of carpet.
One linear foot of carpet or other material is simply one foot measured in a straight line.
Our square yards calculator will estimate the square yards of your room.
Carpet is sold by the square yard which is equivalent to an area 3 feet by 3 feet.
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.
That s what the lowe s flooring estimator is for.
Carpet installer needs to know how to convert lineal yards into square yards carpet comes in three different size rolls.
You typically aren t going to measure carpet this way.
For example if a roll of wallpaper is 30 inches wide a lineal yard would be a 36 inch length of it or 36 by 30 inches.