Double Roll Wallpaper Square Feet
Wallpaper is priced in single rolls but is available only in double or triple rolls.
Double roll wallpaper square feet. Allow for 5 more material for. Most single rolls will be either 13 5 or 16 5 feet long or 27 or 33 feet long for double rolls. To ensure you have enough wallpaper do not deduct the square footage of doors and windows from the total area. A standard american roll of wallpaper gives you about 35 square feet but waste and pattern matching usually takes this down to about 27 usable square feet per roll.
Input length of each wall height and the number of doors and windows of the room to be wallpapered. Most widths will be either 20 5 or 27 inches wide. Wallpaper with a straight pattern is easy to install and has limited waste. Click the button to calculate the number of rolls based on 56 square feet per roll and man hours needed for this job.
A single roll of paper contains 25 usable square feet regardless of width. Typically non printed grasscloth is 36 wide 24 long and each double roll has three 8 long pieces. Remember wallpaper is sold as a double roll bolt. In this calculator we count an american roll as 30 square feet and a european roll as 18 square feet to account for waste.
Also note that this calculator does not apply to european wallpaper which generally contains approximately 56 square feet per roll. Double rolls cover twice the area. When ordering 6 single rolls you will receive 3 double roll bolts of wallpaper. Length is measured in feet.
Depending on the wallpaper sheet width a double roll covers 57 to 61 square feet while a single roll is 29 to 31 square feet. Some manufacturers vary slightly but not very much if any. The total given is the number of rolls not number of packages. The final price of the wallpaper would be 20 00 4 rolls at 5 00 each.
While single and double rolls of 27 width paper are usually 13 5 long and 27 long respectively. Width is measured in inches. A single roll of 21 or 27 wallpaper would only yield one 8 or 9 foot drop. How to calculate grasscloth wallpaper without a wallpaper calculator.
For larger pattern repeats and complex room shapes we suggest asking your decorator. A double roll of 21 or 27 wallpaper will yield three eight or nine foot drops and sometimes you can get four from a double roll of 21 wallpaper. You ll find the number on the back of each book sample and on most in. What is the repeat pattern the amount of paper lost when matching patterns size of your wallpaper.
We have allowed for trimming and 10 extra for pattern matching based on a standard room layout. This calculator is to be used as an estimating tool only.