Can Anyone Work This Measurement Out For Me Please.

[cupotee2]

172" x 123"

119" x 33"

40" x 50"

Those numbers are in inches and are 3 adjoining floor areas. The total should tell me how many square mtrs of carpet I need to buy.

Trying to work out the cost of the carpet I like @ £22 a mtre.

I'm an old codger, this decimal wotsits are double dutch to me ..[blush]

[Jackdaw33]

Do you mean £22 per square metre?

[Mamyalynne]

Use this method first.

http://www.wikihow.com/Measure-Area-for-Carpet

Then convert to Sq Metres here

http://www.metric-conversions.org/area/square-yards-to-square-meters.htm


Remember to allow for pattern matching if any areas are to be joined.

[Tilly2]

£ 520.00 roughly.

[wiltsman]

Why not get the carpet shop around to measure and price up for you. They may be able to work out a way of cutting the carpet to ensure you get the best price. As you haven't stated how wide the carpet is, I think it would be difficult to give you an estimate of the cost you require.

[Flonska]

Please check my arithmetic but I think the following is accurate . . . ish!

173" x 123" = 21156 sq in
119" x 31" = 3927 sq in
40" x 50" in = 2000 sq in

Total = 27083 sq in = 17.47 sq metres (say 18)?

18 sq mteres @ £22.00 per sq metre = £396

Hope this is close enough for you?

[Buenchico]

Unless you're prepared to join several little pieces of carpet together to fill a space, simply working out the areas required might not be enough. (It would really help to know the width of the carpet roll and whether it's got a big pattern on it which, just like wallpaper, would require careful matching up).

However . . .

172" x 123" = 4.369m x 3.124m = 13.65 sq m

119" x 33" = 3.023m x 0.838m = 2.53 sq m

40" x 50" = 1.016m x 1.270m = 1.29 sq m

Giving a total of 17.47 sq m

[Flonska]

Oops . . . calc 1 shows 173" and calc 2 shows x 31" - these' a typos. The sums are correct for 172 x 123 and 119 x 33!

So sorry!

[Jackdaw33]

I agree with Flonska.

[Tilly2]

Sorry, I misread it as £27 a square metre.

I agree with Flonska now. :-)

[Buenchico]

^^^ If you don't want a join in the first piece of carpet above (and that the supplier only sells whole metre lengths), you'll need a 5m length from a 4m wide roll, so (despite the area to be covered actually being under 14 sq m), you'd have to buy 20 sq m of carpet.

The second dimension is annoying awkward too, as the length is just a couple of centimetres over 3m. You might need to buy a 1m piece off a 4m wide roll, making 4 sq m.

Similarly, the fact that 40" is just a centimetre-and-a-bit over 1m makes the last piece tricky too. If you didn't want to join offcuts from the first two bits together, you could end up having to buy 2m off a 2m wide roll, giving you another 4sq m.

That would take your total up to 28 sq m, with a hell of a lot of offcuts left over!

So, as I indicated initially, the problem isn't just one of the total area to be covered. You need to consider whether joins in your carpet are acceptable and, if so, how you're going to be putting your giant jigsaw puzzle together.

[alavahalf]

Carpets generally come in 3m and 4m widths as standard .. the width needed to meet your measurements will determine how much offcut is left.
Dont imagine that 18m will do it .. there will be a fair amount of offcut. I dont want to say how much offcut you will be left with, get the carpet shop to measure it for you.

[alavahalf]

Spot on chris .. I didn't want to burst any bubbles, but I would have said approx 32m @ £22 .. using a 4 m roll.

Should you start taking bits of carpet from different rolls you may end up with variations in colour.

[New Judge]

My dinner was ready just as I'd finished my answer. I've not read the latest ones so see how mine compares:

Your measurements convert to (near enough and in centimetres):

437 x 312
302 x 84
102 x 127

The areas of each piece calculate to

13.63 sq m.
2.54 sq.m
1.29 sq.m

So, a total requirement of 17.46 square metres. BUT…..

You cannot go to Carpetright and order (and only pay for) the three pieces you require. Carpet is usually sold off rolls four metres wide.. The largest of your pieces is more than 4 metres in one direction. You will therefore have to buy 4.37 metres of 4m wide carpet to provide that piece. This will leave you with a piece left over measuring 4.37m by 0.88m. You can use that to provide your second biggest piece, 3.02m by 0.84m. However, the bits that remain are not sufficient to provide your last piece, 1.02m by 1.27m. So, you will have to buy another 1.02m off the four metre roll. This means you will need 5.39m (say 5.4m to be on the safe side) off the four metre roll. This is 21.6 sq.m. At £22 per sq.m this amounts to £475.20. (This assumes you don’t have any preference for the way the pattern runs in any particular piece).

[david small]

Well done NJ. As an ex carpet fitter/salesman you win.

[Captain2]

What about underlay, grippers, seaming and threshold strips?
Is it Broadloom carpet? If so the price should be 'per sm' not 'per m' - that needs clarification.
Is the price '£22 a mtre' for supply only.

Sorry just thought I'd confuse matters even more.