How To Measure Your House For Siding

Multiply height by width to get that side s surface area in square feet.

How to measure your house for siding.

You are going to be measuring from corner to corner in feet. Length of wall x height area. Measure your house for siding step 1. First you need to find the amount of materials you need by measuring the square footage.

Add side measurements and enter them here. Measure the triangular parts with your wide tape measure i e. Place your ladder in the middle of your gable. 60 60 28 28 176 linear ft.

84 28 112 x 2 2 gables 224 sq. Write down the calculation then divide it by 2. Of siding to be used in the gables. Vinyl siding is sold by the square which is equivalent to 100 square feet of material.

So if the square footage of your house is 2 000 square feet you want to divide that number by 100. Then measure your gables which is the rise to your roof. If the measurement is say 30 and 6 always go to the next whole number. Measure and write down the numbers for each wall from corner to corner on your house sketch.

So that measurement would be 31. In this case all walls are the same height therefore we simply add them. The fatmax measure the triangular portions. Measuring your home s walls break your house into different sections and start by measuring the walls that are purely square and rectangle.

Measure from the bottom of roof top of your home s side to the peak of your roof. Please enter side s surface area. Measure gables dormers and any other areas not included in the sides. If you re also applying siding to your gable you ll want to measure the square footage of this as well.

Measure the square parts with the 50 foot measuring tape measure the height and width of the square or. Height times width and then multiply by 0 75 to account for.