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I just do it in decimals because regular calculator won't factor in inches though Therefore , area of the block is 16" x8" = 1.33x 0.67 = 0.8911 Finally divide the total area of the wall 160 ÷0.8911 = 180 you're welcome 😊
I NEED YOUR EXPERTISE!! Please help! Is there a way I can send you a problem to solve? It’s calculating amount of drywall of rectangular room. I’m new to this all. PLEASE HELP!
yes. Knowing that for every 100sf you'll need 3.125 (3 1/8 sheets of drywall, you can calculate for any shape example 1: the area of a triangle that's 10 x 20 = 100sf needs 3.125 (3 and 1/8 sheets of drywall. example 2: a 10 × 10 = 100sq needs 1.5625 sheets (1 and 9/16 sheets of drywall) I hope this help (please subscribe!!
I NEED YOUR EXPERTISE!! Please help! Is there a way I can send you a problem to solve? It’s calculating amount of drywall of rectangular room. I’m new to this all. PLEASE HELP!
Multiply 6 x 60 a d a quarter of the width 6 by half of the length 60 and add both 6 x 60 = 360 1.5 x 30 = 45 405 (8"×8"×16". blocks are needed. Thank you for subscribing to my channel!
I've been measuring in 16ths for years. It's easy for me to recognize that .8125 is <3/4 but >7/8 so must be 13/16. Converting 16ths to decimal in my head has never sunk in. The pattern is so helpful! I'm glad I finally thought to add "memorize" to my search terms and found your video!
Omg there is nothing easy about what he is explaining. I measured a thousand roofs inn my life or at least close to it. I was very accurate on square foot for our material. Ply wood. Is also 4+8 sheets. 3 sheets of plywood is equivalent to 1 square. 1 square is typically 3 bundles of 25 year shingles. That’s roofing terms. That guy god bless his sole had me lost at 200. 202. And 204. What happened to hight times with if it’s squared. You get your footage. If measuring a roof that isn’t that way like an triangle. Measure from to down to the gutter. Then find the center of the vertical measurement and pull a measurement horizontally from hip to hip Multiple those 2 numbers and there’s you square footage for the particular part of the roof. Very simple unless the roof is a 12/12 lmao
I'm thinking that the area of an 8 foot sheet is 32 and for a 12 foot sheet, it's 48. You take your square footage and divide it by the sheet area. Then you have enough time left over to drink a beer.
let me see if I can make this as simple as I can. I'm assuming you have two walls that are 40' and two walls that are 50'. Both walls are 20' high right?
Great video. I always laugh when people say you dont need to know this type of math to function in the real world. Well, try bidding out any construction job or do any construction job without being able to do the math. The way i estimate the amount of blocks needed, is i take the face area of the block, and divide that into the total face area. The face are of a block is .888889 SF and your project is 8x20 or 160sf. So, 160sf / .8888889 = 180 blocks.
look man I like the time you have put into explaining this process. but honestly to implement this on the business does not work. first of all its drywall it is easier to estimate, this might work for the compound application if you will, I can see that even you get confused, on the drywall industry we don't used 16 all the time and 32 almost never, I have to recognize you are a good math teacher, but this work better. 10 x 0.75 = 7.5 plus two more.= 10 on studs and so on.
200sf divide the length of the drywall...like a 8 ft...32sf divided into 200sf=6.25...rd off to 7 sheets...bruh just think I got 1700 sheets to hang...you have made this to be rocket science...you may know numbers...but you don't know how to hang drywall...that's it...!
In addition to my other comment. Not all the drywall in the room is to be tear down. I think it makes it extra tricky to calculate. I will measure what is being removed in what is remaining and hopefully we can come up with how many sheets tape mod in glue. I subscribed to your channel and if you help me I would really appreciate it
I'm an electrician by trade so thank you for this video. The reason I mention that is because I'm trying to general contract just a little bit. So I know very little about drywall butt like anybody in the trades I can get square footage in use common sense. I hope you read this Kenneth because I might have a few questions after I estimate it.
A block is 7.5 inches tall plus 1/2 inch for mortar = 8 inches tall. usually 4 to 8 inches wide and the length is 16 inches. these sizes is including the 1/2 inch mortar. to calculate a 20 feet long wall will be 20 feet x 12 inches (converting the feet to inches for better calculation)= 240 inches then divide by the 16 inch of the block which will be 15 blocks on the floor. to calculate how many block going up. each block is 8 inches tall therefore you multiply the height of the wall white is 8 feet x 12 inches = 96 inches tall. then divide by the height of a block ( 8 inches) you will get 12 blocks. then you multiply the 12 x 15 = 180 blocks and thats the total blocks needed
Calculate total area of the wall height 8' x length 20' = 160 Then divide the height 8÷4 =2 Then divide the length 20÷2 = 10 Multiply 2x10 plus 160 = 180
