How To Measure Your House For Siding

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How to measure your house for siding.

Measure your house for siding step 1. Please enter side s surface area. Height times width and then multiply by 0 75 to account for. Measure from the bottom of roof top of your home s side to the peak of your roof.

Measure and write down the numbers for each wall from corner to corner on your house sketch. Then measure your gables which is the rise to your roof. 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.

So if the square footage of your house is 2 000 square feet you want to divide that number by 100. Measure the triangular parts with your wide tape measure i e. 60 60 28 28 176 linear ft. Of siding to be used in the gables.

Measure the height and width of each side. Length of wall x height area. Multiply height by width to get that side s surface area in square feet. Measure the weird.

In this case all walls are the same height therefore we simply add them. Place your ladder in the middle of your gable. Vinyl siding is sold by the square which is equivalent to 100 square feet of material. First you need to find the amount of materials you need by measuring the square footage.

So that measurement would be 31. 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. Write down the calculation then divide it by 2.

84 28 112 x 2 2 gables 224 sq. Measure gables dormers and any other areas not included in the sides.