How To Measure Siding On A House

Use our siding calculator or estimator to help determine how much siding you need for your project.

How to measure siding on a house. Write down the calculation then divide it by 2. With our easy to use siding and trim calculators you won t have to worry about not having enough to finish the job. Then multiply by 1 5 and you ll have enough siding to cover the two sides of the dormer. Multiply length by width to get area.

Enter this total square footage here. 2 hang a plumb bob from the. Total square feet please enter side s surface area. In this case all walls are the same height therefore we simply add them.

Click on the links below. This is the easy part. With the 50 foot measuring tape measure the height and width of the square or rectangular parts of your exterior walls. Start by measuring the height and width of each wall of the building.

60 60 28 28 176 linear ft. Hold one edge of the level against the surface of your roof along the edge above the gable and adjust it until the bubble indicates that it is perfectly horizontal. If you have a really large picture window on the house and you can also subtract for a large garage door. So the area is 300 square feet.

You are going to be measuring from corner to corner in feet. Draw a separate sketch for each side of the house. Of siding to be used in the gables. H x w x 1 5 number of squares for your dormers.

Measure the height and width of each side. Add side measurements and enter them here. Place your ladder in the middle of your gable. But remember that most houses are not made of perfect squares and rectangles.

Multiply height by width to get that side s surface area in square feet. Length of wall x height area. When you re determining the amount of siding to purchase don t subtract for regular sized windows and doors. Multiply each length and height measurement to find the square footage of each wall then add them together to find the total square footage.

To have enough siding for your dormers measure your dormers height and multiply by width. Measure gables dormers. The siding people add in every single conceivable weird shape. Siding calculator let mitten help you to determine how much siding and trims you ll need for your house.

Divide the total by 100 to find the number of squares of vinyl siding to order. So that measurement would be 31. If the measurement is say 30 and 6 always go to the next whole number. But they also subtract cut outs for windows.

Measure and write down the numbers for each wall from corner to corner on your house sketch. Multiply height by width for each area and add to get total square footage not covered with siding. Measure from the bottom of roof top of your home s side to the peak of your roof.