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

 

3.5ft is 1.07m
24ft is 7.3m

so around 8 square metres

 

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.

 

Instead of measuring it in feet then converting it, why not measure it in metres?

 

because my old man measured it lol

cheers

 

7.8 sq m im glad your not pricing for me Lee

 

why didnt you just measure it in metres in the first place? its on the other edge of the tape measure.
***edit to say ive seen your above reply***

 

so what one do i need lol lee ivatt's or lee reynolds measurements

One sounds like it wont be to expensive other sound extortionate

 

Mr Ivatt is still suffering with smoke inhilation lol

 

24 feet is roughly 8 metres ans 3.5 feet is about 1 metre so id go for 8x1 and 8 square metres.

 

doh, im hungover, 25.60 is the linear conversion of 84 feet, not squared

Yeh get 10m2 youl be fine.

 

no wonder hes got a flash place and numerous cars he must rob people blind

 

thats was some quick editing if ever i did see some, i believe your original answer was around 25 also

 

Easy mistake

 

Over ordering is how I get to have a nice house with all the bits done

 

yeah i put 25 sq metres (worked out by 3.5' being roughly 1m, then multiplied by 24ft giving 25 sq metres... what the fucks that all about )

then edited it to say "ignore that i read it wrong", then worked it out properly and edited it again whats your excuse?

 

yeh you did the same as me almost, tho thats not even a linear measurement your way

Im hungover, and would have measured it in metric to start with

 

True... but 1m is a little smaller than 3 1/2ft hence the 25sq m instead of 24sq m either way it was still a schoolboy error

 

Still costs the same though

 

not when the customer pays for it

 

might be a daft question but a joiner we had in doing some work said we could use our existing carpet underlay for the laminate

Its an expensive carpet with decent underlay just wanted to ask first.

 

no you cant use carpet underlay at all, fucking chipies know fuck all about floors, FACT!. floor area is 7.8m2 but allow alot more

 

yeah you can, 3.5ft is English, 3'6" is imperial

 

So you DO rip them off then

 

Lol not this old chestnut

NO NO you cant use carpet underlay!

 

how else did he get a fancy pizza shed

So do i need a special sort of underlay or is it all the same stuff?

 

floor layers are the guys that couldnt make it as chippies....fact. in the old days floor layers would have been the village idiot.

 

i always use foam under laminate flooring if that helps. roger

 

Nah its cos they didnt want the pay cut

 

the underlay depends on the sub floor, there are different ones too many tbh but a bit more info and could advise better

 

them and the sparks

 

What do ya mean the old days? nice edit btw

 

True