How to Measure for Carpet in 4 Simple Steps

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To protect yourself from being overcharged for materials or labor, lets find out approximately how much carpet you need to buy. But remember, having a carpet professional measure your home for you is always the best way to go!

Step One
Draw a simple diagram of your home. I did this drawing on my computer using a simple " paint" program, you have a paint program on your computer too, look in "accessories" in your program files. The drawing doesn't have to be perfect but the measurements need to be accurate. Just a simple drawing with all the rooms shown is all you need. If you have a two story home, then do two drawings, one for upper , one for lower.

Step Two
Now you need to measure each room and write down the measurements on your diagram. We will round up each measurement to the nearest 1/2 foot mark. if your room is 15 feet 3 inches long, round it up to 15 feet 6 inches or 15.5. This little bit of extra carpet will help make sure you have enough. There is only one thing worse than not having enough carpet to finish the job, and that is being charged for more material than you actually need.
How do I know which is length and which is width? It doesn't matter, just choose a direction and measure each room the same way.

Here is how it should look after you measure.

Step Three
Make a list of your measurements and multiply the length by the width of each room. Then add them up for a total square footage.

Step Four
Add 5% to the total. This makes allowances for seams and other extra carpet needed to complete the job.

That's it! If your home is larger or has a difficult floor plan it will be more difficult to measure.

Source: howtobuycarpet

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