How To Measure Your House For Siding

Please enter side s surface area.

How to measure your house for siding.

In this case all walls are the same height therefore we simply add them. So if the square footage of your house is 2 000 square feet you want to divide that number by 100. 84 28 112 x 2 2 gables 224 sq. 60 60 28 28 176 linear ft.

Measure from the bottom of roof top of your home s side to the peak of your roof. Measure your house for siding step 1. First you need to find the amount of materials you need by measuring the square footage. Measure gables dormers and any other areas not included in the sides.

Of siding to be used in the gables. Measure the height and width of each side. Measure the triangular parts with your wide tape measure i e. Measure the square parts with the 50 foot measuring tape measure the height and width of the square or.

So that measurement would be 31. Measure the weird. Height times width and then multiply by 0 75 to account for. Add side measurements and enter them here.

If you re also applying siding to your gable you ll want to measure the square footage of this as well. If the measurement is say 30 and 6 always go to the next whole number. Multiply height by width to get that side s surface area in square feet. Vinyl siding is sold by the square which is equivalent to 100 square feet of material.

Place your ladder in the middle of your gable. Then measure your gables which is the rise to your roof. You are going to be measuring from corner to corner in feet. Measure and write down the numbers for each wall from corner to corner on your house sketch.

Measuring your home s walls break your house into different sections and start by measuring the walls that are purely square and rectangle. Length of wall x height area.