How to calculate roofing or siding materials

Hello, here again with another tip!

When deciding to have a new roof installed, siding, deck, or really anything having to do with your home, you want to calculate by the “Square.” What do I mean by that?

I’ll break it down for you like this:

Say your home is 32′Long by 24′Width 24′ Height, you want to times Length x Width x Height x 2 = Total square footage of your home. As a contractor in Massachusetts, I’ll break it down to the “Square.” For example 1 square = 100 square ft.

So, if we use the dimensions given above, that home would equal:  36,864 square feet or, like I would say 37 squares.

When measuring your roof, you would use the Length x Width approach only. For example 32′ length x 24′ width x 2 = 16 squares.

Side note: Always round up to a full 100 squares for added waste or 10%

I hope this tip helps anyone. Any question or comments feel free to visit me at www.mbmcarpentry.com

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Bristol County, MA., Norfolk County MA., Middlesex County  MA..

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