Divide this number into the total square footage of the area you plan to cover.
How to figure amount of flooring needed.
9 x research source.
Calculate the amount of flooring you need for your room for vinyl laminate or hardwood plug your lengths and widths into the calculator above or multiple length x width.
Use this option to calculate the total floor area.
We suggest adding 10 extra material to allow for waste placing seams and matching patterns and gives you the quantity required to purchase.
You ll notice that our online flooring calculator has an option for add area.
One box of flooring may cover 30 square feet.
Total flooring area length 1 width 1 length 2 width 2.
Each box of flooring should include a notation of the total square footage it covers.
All you need to do is split the total area into rectangles calculate the area of each and then finally add these up to work out the total area.