How to estimate drywall or sheetrock.
Drywall sheet square footage.
For example if you need 55 4 by 8 sheets the total tape needed is.
Square footage calculator for triangles.
The perimeter of a 4 by 12 sheet is 20 feet.
10 5 becomes 10 5.
Drywall needed total area sheet size.
So lets assume your wall square footage is 1 500 sqft.
The house square foot normally has no direct correlation to the wall square footage where the drywall goes.
The calculator works in decimals ex.
For example if you re using 4 x 10 sheets the total square footage of one sheet is 40sf.
Using the total number of drywall sheets needed multiply by the perimeter of each sheet to determine the linear feet of joint tape for the drywall.
For example if your wall surface is 1000 square feet and you re using 4 x 8 sheets then the number of sheets needed is 1000 32 or 31 25.
Trying to use the 4 ft x 12 ft sheets they each cover 48 sqft.
Despite the drywall sizes listed above drywall sheet lengths can go up to 16.
Drywall comes 8 ft x 4 ft sheets or 12 ft x 4 ft sheets.
For an estimate use the calculator above or follow these steps.
The perimeter of a 4 by 8 sheet is 16 feet.
Base height 2 sqft.
This is the number of drywall sheets required.
55 x 16 800 feet.
Finally we can now take both of our values and use the equation below to get the total square footage of our triangularly room or use the square footage calculator for triangles to easily figure out the total.
After you find the square footage of drywall needed simply divide by the square footage of the sheet size you will be using to find the number of sheets needed.