Waste is usually figured at 10 but may be changed to any amount desired.
Carpet yards to sq ft.
Carpet installers however operate with square yards.
However some professionals still use the older method of square yards.
Since most construction measurements are in square feet carpet installers must convert them to square yards.
Carpet is sold by the square yard which is equivalent to an area 3 feet by 3 feet.
All manual calculations above.
Carpeting is usually sold by square yards and most come in rolls of 9 12 or 15 feet wide.
Be sure to list both measurements since the total square footage of the room size may not correspond to the square feet or yards of carpet that will be used.
Therefore you need to know how many square yards not square feet of carpet you require.
However since most carpet is sold in 12 foot widths the minimum amount of carpet needed would be 168.
If your room measures 10 x 14 the total square feet are 140.
While our carpet area calculator determines how many square yards of carpet you need you can once again do the math on your own.
To find the square yard simply divide your square foot number by nine.
Most retailers now sell by the square foot.
If you want to minimize waste.
Very useful when shopping for carpet linoleum or tile which are typically sold by the square yard and you have the dimensions of a room or area in square feet.
Carpet tiles often come in 12 inch by 12 inch 12 x12 or 24 inch by 24 inch 24 x24 squares.