Carpets add warmth, texture and color to your home.
Carpeting comes in many textures, colors and patterns. Deciding on what type of carpet you want to enhance your room’s decor is a difficult job. The choices seem endless. Since carpeting can be expensive, you do not want to make the wrong choice, because chances are you will have to live with the decision for many years. Calculating the amount of carpet you need is the least difficult part of new carpet selection.
Instructions
1. Measure each room you want to carpet by the length and width.
2. Allow plenty of room for errors by rounding off the measurements to the nearest foot; it is much better to buy too much carpeting than to have piece together a section.
3. Write down each of the measurements on a sheet of notebook paper.
4. Use a tape measure to calculate how much carpeting is necessary in an irregular shaped room. You will measure each section separately. Figure up the amount of square footage in each area and add them together.
5. Calculate the amount needed for stairs by placing the tape measure directly on a step and measuring the width. Again, round off the number of inches to the nearest foot. Measure the risers and jot down the figure. Count the number of steps to the top of the stairway and multiply this by the width and length.
