Square Meters

[ferret69]

I want to replace my carpet with a wooden floor, my room is 22ft x 12ft so what is that in square meters ? I'm trying to work out how many packs I'll need.

[Zacs-Master]

Approx 28 sq m.

[dr b]

22 FT = 6.71 meters
12 ft = 3.66 meters

6.71 x 3.66 = 24.56 sq meters

[woofgang]

https://www.google.co.uk/search?client=safari&;rls=en&q=sq+ft+to+sq+metres&ie=UTF-8&;oe=UTF-8&redir_esc=&;ei=qHDkUdP5LpCT0AXM6oCICg

multiply 22 by 12 then put in in the converter

[sandyRoe]

floor area is 264 sq ft. That's 24.5 sq meters

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_metres_is_264_square_feet

[Canary42]

I agree with dr b

[Zacs-Master]

You bod fins have to relate the answer to the practical purpose of the question. There will be wasteage.

[sandyRoe]

If you knew the area covered by a pack and the length of the pieces in it, you'd get more helpful answers.

[Khandro]

Why didn't you measure it in metric in the first place?

[Jemisa]

Packs? you mean you're thinking of getting that laminated stuff?

Before you do look at your original floor boards, if they're good have 'em sanded and stained. SOO much better and cheaper.

jem.

[ELVIS68]

Have to agree with Jem, laminated flooring is naff

[ferret69]

Khandro I am 67 and only ever used feet and inches and yes I was looking at laminated flooring, I thought it was alright, I shall have another look, thanks everyone.

[factor-fiction]

Measuring in metres seems the best way forward in these cases

[Khandro]

ferret69, I'm not being facetious, (and I'm older than you). All tape measures you buy in the UK seem to have both metric and imperial measurements on them, so to make your life easier just measure it in metres. It is roughly 7 metres by 3 metres; = 21 square metres. You will have to but it in square metres anyway.
I was brought up 'Imperially' but find metric better now. Example; did you know that a litre of water weighs a Kilogramme?

[Old_Geezer]

May want to add a bit to allow for wastage. But if it comes in packs you may be forced to anyway.

[bert_h]

The area of 24.5 square metres will only give you the minimum number of packs, not the actual number - unless you're happy to chop it up and fit in all the little pieces, like parquet, which I think defeats the whole point of laminate flooring.

One pack, for example, says that it is 2.99 square metres. That means you'll need at least 9 of them. Then look at what's in it - 12 pieces of size 0.192 metres by 1.292 metres. Now, which way round do you want to put them? With their long edges parallel to the long room edges, you'll need 6 along the way and 20 across the way, which comes to 10 packs, not 9. At right angles, it's 3 lengths across the way and 35 breadths along, so you can just do it with 9 packs after all. But the first way, if you stagger the joints you can surely manage with 9 packs too - your 22 ft length takes five full pieces and about one-fifth of the sixth piece, so if you start the next strip with the leftover part of that sixth piece, it would all come out okay.

If the pieces in your selected pack are a different size from that, you'll nhave to revise the jigsaw plan!

[Khandro]

Or more pragmatically; buy more than you think you will need, keep the receipt, and return the full packs you don't use to B&Q and get a refund.

[Jemisa]

A Pint of water weighs a Pound & a quarter....

jem