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where can i find a simple converter
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where can i find a simple converter,that can calculate things like changing feet into square feet if the floorboards i want to but measure 4inches wide do i time this by 9 to give me 36 then just add 12 inches so like if like the board length is 3ft high by 9 boards across would i have 3 square feet? help this is driving me mad
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You are mixing measurements and definitions so no wonder you find it confusing. To simplify things take one overall measurement first e.g LENGTH
1. If a room is 12 feet long and a floorboard is 3 feet in length then you would need 4 boards to cover the length of the room(12 divided by 3 = 4).
2. Next WIDTH. If the room is 9 feet wide then for every foot width you would need 3 boards(4inches =1/3foot) thus for 9 feet you would need 9x3 boards(27).
3. The total therefore would be 27(across) x 4 long = 108 boards.
However in simple terms your total square footage is simply 12 x 9 which also equals 108 (sq.ft)(coincidence)
However, most DIY shops have have ready printed leaflets on calculating this sort of thing.
Hope this helps but if you give me a basic overall LENGTH by overall WIDTH I can do it for you.
1. If a room is 12 feet long and a floorboard is 3 feet in length then you would need 4 boards to cover the length of the room(12 divided by 3 = 4).
2. Next WIDTH. If the room is 9 feet wide then for every foot width you would need 3 boards(4inches =1/3foot) thus for 9 feet you would need 9x3 boards(27).
3. The total therefore would be 27(across) x 4 long = 108 boards.
However in simple terms your total square footage is simply 12 x 9 which also equals 108 (sq.ft)(coincidence)
However, most DIY shops have have ready printed leaflets on calculating this sort of thing.
Hope this helps but if you give me a basic overall LENGTH by overall WIDTH I can do it for you.
In addition to above could I correct in thinking that you are referring to LAMINATE FLOORING and not floorboards.
If that is the case, as before:
1. measure the overall maximum LENGTH you want to cover by the overall WIDTH you want to cover(BUT BETTER IN METRES). Therefore 4metres(loose approximation to 12 feet) x 3 metres(loose approximation to 9 feet) = 12 sqm.
2. Now a laminate pack of boards is enough to cover 1.91 sqms. Therefore if you divide 12 by 1.91 you will come up with 6.28 packs.(I have used the B&Q website(www.diy.com) as a reference for this)
If that is the case, as before:
1. measure the overall maximum LENGTH you want to cover by the overall WIDTH you want to cover(BUT BETTER IN METRES). Therefore 4metres(loose approximation to 12 feet) x 3 metres(loose approximation to 9 feet) = 12 sqm.
2. Now a laminate pack of boards is enough to cover 1.91 sqms. Therefore if you divide 12 by 1.91 you will come up with 6.28 packs.(I have used the B&Q website(www.diy.com) as a reference for this)
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