How to calculate square meters

How to calculate square meters

At implementation of apartment renovation before the owner often there is need for calculation of the area of rooms for the subsequent purchase of finishing material. If to make mistake in calculations, it is possible to spend spare cash for construction material or not to buy in addition it at all.

It is required to you

  • Calculator, tape measure, notebook and handle.

Instruction

1. Measurement of deaf rooms. At measurement of rooms in which there are no windows it will be simplest to you to calculate their total area. For exact calculation of quadrature of similar rooms, you should measure width of each wall then to put all indicators and to increase by floor-to-ceiling height. If in the room there are no corners, take full measurement of all existing walls. That site of wall on which the door is mounted, consider so as if there is no door at all. After all calculations, just measure the area of door and subtract result from the total area of the room.

2. Measurement of rooms with windows. Also as well as in the previous case, you need to measure length of each wall and to put all indicators. After that increase the received sum by floor-to-ceiling height. Having separately measured the area of door openings and windows, put indicators in the total amount which needs to be subtracted from the received area of all room.

3. Single measurement of the room. The easiest way of measurement of the room is to use long tape measure. Begin measurement from one corner of the room and continue to measure after meteru feather until again you do not return to the same corner. The received results are multiplied by floor-to-ceiling height then, from total amount, the area of window and door openings is also subtracted. Upon purchase of finishing materials try to buy two-three square meters on stock.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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