To find the square yard simply divide your square foot number by nine.
Carpet yards to sq ft.
Carpet tiles often come in 12 inch by 12 inch 12 x12 or 24 inch by 24 inch 24 x24 squares.
Therefore you need to know how many square yards not square feet of carpet you require.
However some professionals still use the older method of square yards.
Very useful when shopping for carpet linoleum or tile which are typically sold by the square yard and you have the dimensions of a room or area in square feet.
Most retailers now sell by the square foot.
While our carpet area calculator determines how many square yards of carpet you need you can once again do the math on your own.
Carpeting is usually sold by square yards and most come in rolls of 9 12 or 15 feet wide.
Waste is usually figured at 10 but may be changed to any amount desired.
If you want to minimize waste.
Measure the square footage of the room or area multiply the length times the width enter it in the calculator and the area in.
Carpet installers however operate with square yards.
However since most carpet is sold in 12 foot widths the minimum amount of carpet needed would be 168.
All manual calculations above.
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.
Calculator to convert square feet to square yards.
Since most construction measurements are in square feet carpet installers must convert them to square yards.