How To Measure Your House For Siding

Measure and write down the numbers for each wall from corner to corner on your house sketch.

How to measure your house for siding. Measure from the bottom of roof top of your home s side to the peak of your roof. Measure the height and width of each side. In this case all walls are the same height therefore we simply add them. Of siding to be used in the gables.

If the measurement is say 30 and 6 always go to the next whole number. Measure gables dormers and any other areas not included in the sides. Multiply height by width to get that side s surface area in square feet. So that measurement would be 31.

Write down the calculation then divide it by 2. Please enter side s surface area. Height times width and then multiply by 0 75 to account for. 60 60 28 28 176 linear ft.

To have enough siding for. Length of wall x height area. The fatmax measure the triangular portions. Measure the weird.

If you re also applying siding to your gable you ll want to measure the square footage of this as well. Then measure your gables which is the rise to your roof. 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.

You are going to be measuring from corner to corner in feet. 84 28 112 x 2 2 gables 224 sq. Add side measurements and enter them here. Measure the square parts with the 50 foot measuring tape measure the height and width of the square or.

Place your ladder in the middle of your gable. Measure the triangular parts with your wide tape measure i e.