how many packs

[ethanryan]

not sure if this is the right place for this but here we go. i am buying packs of feather edge but cant work out how many packs i need can anyone help. i need to cover 36 foot.
each pack is 11x100mmx1.5m

anyone tell me how many packs i need
each pack has 10 panels in it

[jake-the-peg]

36 feet is just under 11 meters.

10 panels each 1.5 long is 15 meters

But how high? 36 feet by what by what?

[ethanryan]

the pack says 11x100mmx1.5m

[jake-the-peg]

OK so the pack has 10 pieces in it each 1.5 meters long ( that's a shade under 5 feet but 10mm is 10 cm so about 4" high.

One pack will give you 49 feet 4" high.

So how high do you need to go on whatever you're making?

How much overlap do you need? an inch?

[sddsddean]

On 100mm (4") feather edge, you need about 20 -25 mm overlap. This means each board is effectively 75mm wide. As said 36 feet is nearly 11m, so 11m divided by 75mm = 146.6 boards, so thats 150 boards = 15 packs. If you did go for 20mm overlap, this would reduce the number of boards to 137.5, which is 140 boards = 14 packs, but bear in mind you might split some. Depends on the price if you want 14 or 15 packs.