How To Measure For Lap Siding

The lap is created as a panel that includes two or three of the lap planks however.

How to measure for lap siding. Multiply height by width for each area and add to get total square footage not covered with siding. Multi lap reveal size area 9 12 10 12 100 sq. Horizontal lap siding is often referred to by the size or width of a single lap board. Place your ladder in the middle of your gable.

Then multiply by 1 5 and you ll have enough siding to cover the two sides of the dormer. Measure your home using the shapes on your sketches as guides. Divide the square footage by 100 to get the number of squares needed for the wall. Multiply the width and height to get the area of the wall in square feet.

The fibercement board we are using here is 144 long and 8 1 4 wide. We are going to install it with a 1 1 4 overlap giving it an exposed face of 7. H x w x 0 75 number of squares to cover your gables. Measure from the bottom of roof top of your home s side to the peak of your roof.

How to calculate the amount of hardie plank siding. Measure the width and height of windows doors and any other areas that will not be covered with siding. Measure gables dormers and any other areas not included in the sides. Height times width and then multiply by 0 75 to account for the angle.

Please enter side s surface area. Enter this total square footage here. Sketch each of the exterior walls of your home on a sheet of paper. Add side measurements and enter them here.

Multiply height by width to get that side s surface area in square feet. Calculate the amount of fiber cement siding needed to cover a gable the square footage of the gable green area 6 24 2 72 sq. Siding should be kept 6 off the ground account for that when measuring and estimating material. For example 4 inch lap would indicate a 4 inch wide plank.

Estimate the number of courses of siding. Scale is not important but capture the basic shape. For the rectangle and triangle. The number of courses of siding can be found by dividing the height of the wall in inches by the exposure of the board.

If you re also applying siding to your gable you ll want to measure the square footage of this as well. Use our feet to inches conversion calculator if you know the height of the building in feet. To find the number of squares of siding needed for an installation measure each walls width and height in feet.