Carpet is sold by the square yard which is equivalent to an area 3 feet by 3 feet.
Carpet yards to sq ft.
Carpeting is usually sold by square yards and most come in rolls of 9 12 or 15 feet wide.
If you want to minimize waste.
To see how many square yards you would need enter the measurements of your room in our calculator.
Waste is usually figured at 10 but may be changed to any amount desired.
Therefore you need to know how many square yards not square feet of carpet you require.
Carpet tiles often come in 12 inch by 12 inch 12 x12 or 24 inch by 24 inch 24 x24 squares.
However some professionals still use the older method of square yards.
Measure the square footage of the room or area multiply the length times the width enter it in the calculator and the area in.
Calculator to convert square feet to square yards.
However since most carpet is sold in 12 foot widths the minimum amount of carpet needed would be 168.
Be sure to list both measurements since the total square footage of the room size may not correspond to the square feet or yards of carpet that will be used.
If your room measures 10 x 14 the total square feet are 140.
While our carpet area calculator determines how many square yards of carpet you need you can once again do the math on your own.
To find the square yard simply divide your square foot number by nine.
All manual calculations above.
Carpet installers however operate with square yards.