Originally Posted by
Dicko&Sarah
We are going to be fitting laminate flooring to our hallway but not sure how to work out sq metres.
The hallway is 3.5ft wide and 24ft long can anybody translate that in to sq metres,obviously we will need a bit extra for mistakes etc
cheers
25.60 M2
plus 10% for waste/cuts
gives you 28.16 M2
So buy 30 M2 and you will be fine.
(ps: you cant really write 3.5ft as an imperial measurement, should be 3'6")
I take it you have thought about this, but if its possible lay it with the skirting removed.
Leave about a 1/4" gap for expansion (about 10mm) and relay skirting.
Theres nothing worse than seeing laminate with those horrid corner edgine strips on the skirting!
Also try and do a 3 stage stagger, to give a bit better detail. This is the mistake most DIYers make buy just laying it in strips.