How to Measure a Room for Laminate Flooring
- 1). Place the measuring tape in a corner of the room. Measure the distance between it and the corner directly to the right of it. Write this number down.
- 2). Position the tape measure in the same corner, then measure the distance between it and the corner directly to the left of it. Write this number down.
- 3). Multiply the two numbers together. If, for example, one side is 12 feet and the other 10, the floor area is 120 square feet.
- 4). Add 10 percent to the total square footage (multiply the square footage by .10) to cover additional waste material in case you need to cut part of the flooring or make an inaccurate measurement. This comes out to an extra 12 feet in our example. Add the additional feet to the overall square footage and this is the amount of laminate flooring you need to purchase.
