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Measuring a room for Wood Flooring

Measuring Guides for Wood Flooring


Measuring your space for Wood Flooring

 

When it’s time to get a quote or to purchase a new floor, you will first need to know the square meters you need to cover. This measuring guide for wood flooring is an easy to follow, simple guide for calculating the area of a room so you can be prepared for your wood flooring purchase.

At the most basic level, you simply need to multiply the width by the length of a room. This will give you the area.

The most important thing to remember is that you will then need to allow an amount for wastage, between 7-10% for a board or strip floor and between 10-15% for parquet woodblocks.


Calculating the square meterage and cost of the wood flooring for your space

Wood flooring is packaged in a variety of packs and sizes, and our flooring is not packaged in standardised pack sizes as we manufacture and distribute flooring in the most efficient and sustainable way.

You will find on each of our product pages a price calculator to give an estimate price for a specified area. Simply input room measurements and the price for that area will be shown. If you are wondering how to measure a room, read below.


Examples of rectangular and L-shaped rooms

Measuring Rectangular rooms

Square or rectangular shaped rooms are nice and easy. Simply measure the width and length of the room and multiply them together.

For example, with a width of 6.5m and length of 5.1m: 6.5 x 5.1 = 33.15 M2

Measuring L-shaped rooms

With an L-shaped room, you simply have the divide the room into two easy to measure rectangular areas. Again measure the lengths and widths of each space and multiply them by each other.

Example: 6.5 x 5.1 = 33.15 M2  +  3.5 x 2.1 = 7.35 M2

Total  =  40.5M2

Don’t forget to factor in wastage!

The most important thing to remember is to allow for wastage when purchasing wood flooring. Unfortunately rooms are not always built with the precise measurements of the flooring you choose! Because of this, a degree of cutting and reconfiguring is always necessary. Remember the 7-10% extra for boards and 10-15% for parquet.


Converting from Imperial to Metric measurements

If you happen to measure your floor in feet and inches, then follow the above step to get the area and divide the total by 10.76. This will convert square feet into square metres.

Flooring ideas and expert advice or any other queries

If you haven’t got to the measuring stage of your project and are looking for inspiration on which floor to choose, check out our Be Inspired area for articles and blog entries for ideas.

Or, if you’ve already got a floor but you need to measure it so that you can maintain it with cleaning products or finishing products, check out are FAQ page for short and sweet answers to your queries.

If you would like to know more about our products, or need any more wood flooring help, please complete our Contact form or make an enquiry to our sales team. Our experts can advise you on how to proceed and can answer your questions.

Tel: 020 8871 9771

Email us

Advice

Measuring a room for Wood Flooring

Measuring Guides for Wood Flooring


Measuring your space for Wood Flooring

 

When it’s time to get a quote or to purchase a new floor, you will first need to know the square meters you need to cover. This measuring guide for wood flooring is an easy to follow, simple guide for calculating the area of a room so you can be prepared for your wood flooring purchase.

At the most basic level, you simply need to multiply the width by the length of a room. This will give you the area.

The most important thing to remember is that you will then need to allow an amount for wastage, between 7-10% for a board or strip floor and between 10-15% for parquet woodblocks.


Converting from Imperial to Metric measurements

If you happen to measure your floor in feet and inches, then follow the above step to get the area and divide the total by 10.76. This will convert square feet into square metres.

Flooring ideas and expert advice or any other queries

If you haven’t got to the measuring stage of your project and are looking for inspiration on which floor to choose, check out our Be Inspired area for articles and blog entries for ideas.

Or, if you’ve already got a floor but you need to measure it so that you can maintain it with cleaning products or finishing products, check out are FAQ page for short and sweet answers to your queries.

If you would like to know more about our products, or need any more wood flooring help, please complete our Contact form or make an enquiry to our sales team. Our experts can advise you on how to proceed and can answer your questions.

Tel: 020 8871 9771

Email us


Calculating the square meterage and cost of the wood flooring for your space

Wood flooring is packaged in a variety of packs and sizes, and our flooring is not packaged in standardised pack sizes as we manufacture and distribute flooring in the most efficient and sustainable way.

You will find on each of our product pages a price calculator to give an estimate price for a specified area. Simply input room measurements and the price for that area will be shown. If you are wondering how to measure a room, read below.


Examples of rectangular and L-shaped rooms

Measuring Rectangular rooms

Square or rectangular shaped rooms are nice and easy. Simply measure the width and length of the room and multiply them together.

For example, with a width of 6.5m and length of 5.1m: 6.5 x 5.1 = 33.15 M2

Measuring L-shaped rooms

With an L-shaped room, you simply have the divide the room into two easy to measure rectangular areas. Again measure the lengths and widths of each space and multiply them by each other.

Example: 6.5 x 5.1 = 33.15 M2  +  3.5 x 2.1 = 7.35 M2

Total  =  40.5M2

Don’t forget to factor in wastage!

The most important thing to remember is to allow for wastage when purchasing wood flooring. Unfortunately rooms are not always built with the precise measurements of the flooring you choose! Because of this, a degree of cutting and reconfiguring is always necessary. Remember the 7-10% extra for boards and 10-15% for parquet.

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