Square Feet to Linear Feet Calculator

Divide the square feet by the material width in feet. 240 sq ft of 5 inch boards is 240 / (5 / 12) = 576 linear feet. The width is essential, because square feet measure area and linear feet measure length. Enter both in the calculator and choose the width unit.

Linear feet = square feet / width in feet, where the width in feet is the width in inches divided by 12. In reverse, square feet = linear feet x width in feet. A 6 inch board gives 200 linear feet per 100 square feet.

Multiply the linear feet by the width in feet. 100 linear feet of 6 inch boards is 100 × 0.5 = 50 square feet. Choose the linear-to-square mode in the calculator, enter the length and width, and it does this for you.

No. A linear foot is a length of one foot, and a square foot is an area of one foot by one foot. They are equal in number only for material exactly 12 inches wide, where one linear foot covers one square foot. For any other width the numbers differ.

It depends on the width. At 12 inches wide it is 240 linear feet, at 6 inches 480, at 5 inches 576 and at 3.25 inches 886. The area table lists other widths. A width is needed, so no single answer exists.

A 12 × 12 foot room is 144 square feet and has a perimeter of 48 linear feet. Covering it with 12 inch wide boards takes 144 linear feet, and with 5 inch boards 346. A 12 × 12 inch piece is 1 foot long on each side.

At 12 inches wide, 40 linear feet. At 6 inches it is 80 and at 3 inches 160. Change the width and the answer changes, which is why the calculator asks for it. Enter the width of your own material for the exact figure, and add waste if you are ordering.

At 12 inches wide it is 200 linear feet, at 6 inches 400 and at 5 inches 480. For a floor, use the face width of the boards that actually shows once installed. Add 5 to 10 percent for waste, and use the calculator to see the piece count for your board length.

At 5 inches wide it is 2,400 linear feet, at 3.25 inches 3,692 and at 12 inches 1,000. Add waste on top, usually 5 to 15 percent, to get the quantity to order. The calculator can also divide the total by the length of one piece to give the number of pieces.

At 5 inches wide it is 4,800 linear feet, at 7.25 inches 3,310 and at 12 inches 2,000. These are coverage figures, not baseboard figures, which come from the room perimeter instead. For flooring the width is the face of the board, so check the manufacturer's coverage before ordering.

At 12 inches wide it is 100 square feet, at 6 inches 50, at 3 inches 25 and at 24 inches 200. Multiply by the width in feet. The linear feet table shows other lengths and widths. Enter your own width in the calculator, and add waste if you are planning an order.

At 12 inches wide, 60 square feet. At 6 inches 30, at 4 inches 20 and at 24 inches 120. The width is what links the length to the area. Enter the exact width of your material in the calculator for your own coverage, and add waste for an order.

At 12 inches wide it is 400 square feet, at 6 inches 200 and at 3 inches 100. Enter the linear feet and the width in the calculator for your own figure. Use the width from the product label, and add waste if you plan to buy the material.

Yes. A linear foot is simply a foot of length, so 10 linear feet is 10 feet long. The word linear distinguishes length from area. It is often used when pricing trim, fencing or lumber by the foot, regardless of the material's width.

Add up the room perimeter, 2 × (length + width) for a rectangle, subtract the doorways, then add waste. For a 12 × 14 ft room that is 52 ft, minus 6 ft for two 3 ft doorways is 46 ft, and with 10 percent waste about 51 ft.

A 20 × 20 foot room has a perimeter of 80 linear feet, and an area of 400 square feet. Subtract any doorways, then add waste. With two 3 ft doors and 10 percent waste, baseboard is about 81 feet.

It cannot be found from the area alone, because it depends on the layout. A single 25 × 40 ft room has a 130 ft perimeter, but a house of the same area divided into rooms has much more wall. Measure each room's perimeter and add them.

Area alone does not decide it. A single 40 × 50 ft room has 180 ft of perimeter, but real houses are split into rooms, which adds interior walls. Measure each room, subtract the doorways, add waste, and total the runs.

That depends on the layout, not just the area. Add the perimeters of every room, subtract doorways, then add 5 to 15 percent for waste. The room table shows the method for common room sizes, and the calculator handles the waste and the piece count.

Miniwebtool suggests 5 percent for a simple room with long walls, 10 percent for a typical room, 15 percent for many corners and 15 to 20 percent for hardwood or patterned molding. Enter your choice in the waste box and the calculator raises the order.

Divide the linear feet, with waste, by the length of one piece and round up. 633.6 linear feet in 8 foot pieces is 79.2, so 80 pieces. Enter the piece length in the calculator and it rounds up for you.

Use the face width of the flooring boards. For 3.25 inch strips, 500 square feet is 1,846 linear feet, and for 5 inch planks 1,200. Add 5 to 10 percent for waste. Check the coverage the manufacturer states. The manufacturer's stated coverage per carton is the safest cross-check against your result.

Use the same method with the board or panel width. For siding, the width is the exposed face. For fencing, divide the area by the board width, or count the linear feet of fence line directly. Always check how the supplier measures the width.

Choose centimetres or millimetres as the width unit. The calculator converts to feet first. A 150 mm board is 0.4921 feet wide, so 40 square feet needs 81.28 linear feet, which is 24.77 metres. Both are shown in the results, and the width unit box lets you choose centimetres or millimetres directly.

A running foot is another name for a linear foot: one foot measured along the length of a piece, whatever its width. Trim, molding and lumber are often priced by the running foot. The calculator uses linear feet. Use whichever term your supplier does; the calculation is the same, and the results are labelled linear feet.

No. A board foot is a volume of lumber, 144 cubic inches, which is 1 inch thick by 12 inches wide by 12 inches long. A linear foot is only a length. The board foot calculator on this site handles lumber volume.

Yes, if the material has a fixed width. For a 12 foot wide roll of carpet, 240 square feet is 240 / 12 = 20 linear feet. Enter the roll width in feet. Remember to add waste for pattern matching and seams.

Square feet measure area in two dimensions and linear feet measure length in one. Without a width there is no way to link them. The width is the second dimension of the area, so area equals length times width. That is why the width box is always required, and why changing it changes the answer even when the area stays the same.

Choose square feet to linear feet or the reverse, enter the area or length, and enter the width with its unit. Add a waste percentage and a piece length if you want an order quantity and a piece count. The results show both measures.

For a straight length, linear feet equal the length in feet, so a 12 foot board is 12 linear feet. To get linear feet from an area, divide the square feet by the width of the material in feet. A 240 square foot floor covered with boards 6 inches wide, which is 0.5 feet, needs 480 linear feet before waste.

One foot is one linear foot. The words linear foot only say that you are measuring length along a line, with no width involved, while a square foot measures an area. Ten feet of fence is 10 linear feet, and so is a 10 foot shelf. Width only matters when you convert an area into linear feet.