How to Calculate Square Footage So you desire to improve the
appearance of your room by painting the walls or installing new
flooring. No matter what kind of paint or flooring you choose,
you need to ascertain the square footage of the floor or the
walls. Even though a little bit of mathematics is involved,
calculating square footage is not going to be that tough. It is
very easy to measure the square footage of a room. All you will
require is a measuring tape, paper, pencil and a calculator.
Follow these step by step instructions and it will be you who
will be telling people how to measure square footage from now
onwards – - You will need to have two measurements of the floor
or the wall you wish to ascertain the square footage. Let us use
the floor as an example. With the help of a measuring tape,
measure the length of the floor in inches and note down the
figure on a piece of paper. Even though we are working on square
footage, it is better to measure in inches as it is very
uncommon for a floor to have ex