Carpet is sold by the square yard which is equivalent to an area 3 feet by 3 feet.
Carpet yards to sq ft.
If your room measures 10 x 14 the total square feet are 140.
Carpeting is usually sold by square yards and most come in rolls of 9 12 or 15 feet wide.
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.
Carpet tiles often come in 12 inch by 12 inch 12 x12 or 24 inch by 24 inch 24 x24 squares.
However some professionals still use the older method of square yards.
Since most construction measurements are in square feet carpet installers must convert them to square yards.
To find the square yard simply divide your square foot number by nine.
However since most carpet is sold in 12 foot widths the minimum amount of carpet needed would be 168.
Waste is usually figured at 10 but may be changed to any amount desired.
All manual calculations above.
If you want to minimize waste.
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.
Most retailers now sell by the square foot.
Carpet installers however operate with square yards.
To see how many square yards you would need enter the measurements of your room in our calculator.