Measurement Help Please

[Thisoldbird]

Can anyone help this sadoldbird who is too old to understand metric.

I'm needing to buy slabs to make a hard stand for my mobility scooter..

The area is 4ft x 5.6.

If I buy 600x600 slabs how many do I need please..

[bhg481]

600mm is roughly 2ft, so you need 2 x 3 = 6 slabs, which will be slightly bigger than the area to be covered.

[ToraToraTora]

ok so 4ft is 1.22mmetres so your area can be 2 slabs wide and 5ft 6" = 1.68m so that's a little under 3 slabs longso you'd need 6 slabs for a 3x3 slabbed are. You may have to cut 2 of them if you are strict about the 5ft 6" dimension.

[ToraToraTora]

I should have said 2x3 above

[ToraToraTora]

once more without the typos....
ok so 4ft is 1.22m so your area can be 2 slabs wide and 5ft 6" = 1.68m so that's a little under 3 slabs long so you'd need 6 slabs for a 2x3 slabbed area. You may have to cut 2 of them if you are strict about the 5ft 6" dimension.

[bookbinder]

bhg481's answer is correct. I have just checked it.

[Thisoldbird]

Brilliant thank you so much..

I will get them ordered.

[bhg481]

In the days when I was laying slabs (as an amateur) I found that the 600mm ones were much heavier to handle and easier to break than the 450mm ones. If you're laying them yourself I would recommend using the 450mm ones; you would need 3 x 4 =12 of those.

[Thisoldbird]

Thank you bhg..

I'm not personally laying them but I was thinking the large slabs would be heavy.. I'm going for 450..thanks all for your input.

[ToraToraTora]

you're welcome

[Togo]

I would just put down 10 slabs of 300 X 600, which involves no cutting or messing about with waste. 600 across twice and 300 along 5 times covers an area 1200mm x 1500mm which is just over 3ft 11 inches by 4 ft 11 inches. With standard gaps the flags cover the desired area.

[bobbinwales]

My tip would of been to measure the area in centimeters or milimeters (all tape measures show these now) , then draw a scale drawing or work out how many you need lenthwise and widthwise

[Togo]

I can do that area in my head bobbin. :))

[bobbinwales]

Me to Toto but my post was for thisoldbird maybe for next time rather than for the others who shown us they can work it out easy

[Thisoldbird]

Thanks again for replies.
I'm still in feet and inches..this metric business messed up all i learned in school.
Just had a count up..I've been left school about 68 yrs!!
Oh for the days we just got on and got the job done, while I'm still talking about it..old age sucks at times..