After you find the square footage of drywall needed simply divide by the square footage of the sheet size you will be using to find the number of sheets needed.
Drywall sheet square footage.
You can both estimate the total square feet of drywall also known as gypsum board you ll need and the number of sheets.
55 x 16 800 feet.
The perimeter of a 4 by 8 sheet is 16 feet.
The calculator works in decimals ex.
Trying to use the 4 ft x 12 ft sheets they each cover 48 sqft.
For example if you re using 4 x 10 sheets the total square footage of one sheet is 40sf.
Drywall needed total area sheet size.
Despite the drywall sizes listed above drywall sheet lengths can go up to 16.
So lets assume your wall square footage is 1 500 sqft.
Multiply the length and height of one wall.
How to estimate drywall or sheetrock.
For example if your wall surface is 1000 square feet and you re using 4 x 8 sheets then the number of sheets needed is 1000 32 or 31 25.
Finally we can now take both of our values and use the equation below to get the total square footage of our triangularly room or use the square footage calculator for triangles to easily figure out the total.
For an estimate use the calculator above or follow these steps.
Using the total number of drywall sheets needed multiply by the perimeter of each sheet to determine the linear feet of joint tape for the drywall.
For example if you need 55 4 by 8 sheets the total tape needed is.
The perimeter of a 4 by 12 sheet is 20 feet.
Once you determine surface area of the entire room or how much drywall is needed divide that number by 40.
10 5 becomes 10 5.
Square footage calculator for triangles.
Base height 2 sqft.