To find the square yard simply divide your square foot number by nine.
Carpet yards to sq ft.
Waste is usually figured at 10 but may be changed to any amount desired.
Carpeting is usually sold by square yards and most come in rolls of 9 12 or 15 feet wide.
Since most construction measurements are in square feet carpet installers must convert them to square yards.
If your room measures 10 x 14 the total square feet are 140.
While our carpet area calculator determines how many square yards of carpet you need you can once again do the math on your own.
If you want to minimize waste.
Carpet installers however operate with square yards.
Most retailers now sell by the square foot.
Therefore you need to know how many square yards not square feet of carpet you require.
Carpet tiles often come in 12 inch by 12 inch 12 x12 or 24 inch by 24 inch 24 x24 squares.
Carpet is sold by the square yard which is equivalent to an area 3 feet by 3 feet.
Measure the square footage of the room or area multiply the length times the width enter it in the calculator and the area in.
All manual calculations above.
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.
To see how many square yards you would need enter the measurements of your room in our calculator.
Calculator to convert square feet to square yards.