If your room is wider than 15 feet or if the carpet is only available in a 12 foot width and the room is wider than 12 feet then you have to determine where to place a seam on the floor.
Carpet wider than 12 feet.
On this page you will find a variety of wide width carpets that give you the opportunity for seamless installation in larger rooms.
All rooms are 15 feet wide and their lengths vary.
If you have a room wider than 12 feet you will need to have a seam.
Typical sizes for area carpets include 5 by 8 feet 6 by 9 feet and 7 by 10 feet.
You want to carpet an area 16 feet wide x 16 feet long using a 12 foot wide roll of carpet.
The carpet costs 3 per square foot for a grand total of 5400 before the 20 is tacked on.
Larger rooms can handle rugs measuring 8 by 10 10 by 12 10 by 14 and 12 by 15 feet.
There will almost always be some excess carpet.
Standard carpet rolls are only 12ft wide.
If you have a room that is 10 feet by 10 feet you will have to buy a rug that is 12 feet by 10 feet.
A room 15 feet by 15 feet will require a 3 foot by 15 foot seam along one side of the room.
The main piece of carpet would be 12 ft wide the width of the roll x 16 foot long.
However wider width carpets make installation faster and easier in larger rooms mobile homes and other wide spaces.
The extra 20 required adds 1080 5400 20 1080 to the total.