How do you measure area rugs?

Answer 1

If the room is square you only need to multiply thelength by the width. For example a room that is 12 ft x 12 ft is 144 square feet.
If you have a room that is an irregular shape, the easiest way is to break the room into sections. An L shaped room can be measured in two sections. Or a part of a room the jets out away can be measured separate and added in.
If you still feel uncomfortable with your measurements, most flooring retailers offer measurements. Often if you buy your flooring from them, they will wave the fee.
Don't forget closets and the necessary 10% for waste.
Bedroom: 144
Closet: 66
Hall: 130
Total: 340 Sq Ft
Add 10% for waste - 340 x 1.1 = 374
You would need 374 total
Take your total and the amount of square footage in the box and divide it into the total. Lets assume your box has 22 square feet.
374 / 22 = 17 boxes
One last point. When you are out shopping for laminate, compare prices by square foot and not the box price. All brands put a different amount into their boxes.

In a perfect world, all measurements would be whole numbers (12x12=144) You may notice that your area most likely wont be in exact feet. An example would be 10 ft 4 inches by 10 ft 4 inches. So how do you convert those pesky inches to feet?

Step 1. Multiply your Feet together: 10x10=100 SQ FT

Step 2. convert your inches to a decimal and add to your total feet: 10 + .04=10.04

Step 3. Multiply together: 10.04 X 10.04= 100.80

Step 4. Divide the decimal amount (inches) by 12: 80/12=6.6

Step 5. Add to your SQ FT to get your total square footage: 100+6.6=106.6 or 6 ft 6 inches

If you don't like this method, you could just round up to whole numbers considering there will be waste involved. I guess it just depends on how accurate you want to be.

Answer 2

1. 1) Arrange the furnishings, accessories, and wall art in the room first. ...
2. 2) Consider your space. ...
3. 3) Create symmetry with larger pieces of furniture. ...
4. 4) Remember the area rug's intended purpose. ...
5. 5)Try your area rug in various layouts and combinations.

Answer 3

The simple math formula is length times width to know what area the "area rug" will cover. Use a yardstick, measuring tape (3 foot long so you'd need to move the tape to keep measuring), or construction measuring tape which is longer.

1. Bathroom throw rugs are typically 5 feet by 7 feet OR smaller for bath mats
2. Most full room area rugs are 8 feet by 12 feet (8x12) or 9 feet by 15 feet (9x15).
3. Hallway or entrance way runners are usually less than 3 feet wide but the length can vary dramatically from short to very long.
4. Bedside throw rugs are typically the same size as bath mat size.

Often, throw or area rugs are sold in sets of 2 or 3 with varied sizes.

If you desire a round rug or half-moon shape (often used in kitchens like in front of the sink, or at a door to the outside), you will need to measure across the center, then decide how large you want the circular / half circular rug to be.

Answer 4

The answer would depend on the shape of the rug: rectangular, circular, ellipse etc. Each shape has a different formula.