How to calculate the amount of laminate 2
Repair? business is serious and troublesome, especially when it comes to replacing the flooring. With a bathroom or kitchen, everything is relatively clear - most people prefer to lay tiles there.
But for the room there are lots of options, one of which - laying laminate coating. Laminate coating is not only durable, but also durable. It does not require special skills in repair work. Installation of laminate is simple. Any business starts with a plan. The start of the repair is no exception. A work plan and estimate are drawn up, which includes all the costs of acquiring construction material. In this article, you will learn how to calculate the amount of laminate flooring.
What features should be considered
Before you buy a laminate, you must clearly know what quantity is required for the room. When calculating, it is necessary to take into account not only the features of this type of coating, but also the manufacturer, and the brand, as well as the method of laying the board - diagonally or directly.
If you buy less material, it may happen that you will not be able to purchase it, because there will not be such a color of the laminate board in the building supermarket. Repair for this reason may take indefinitely.
You can independently calculate the number of boards that are required for repair. To do this, use a simple algorithm. How to do it right?
Drawing room is a prerequisite for the calculation of laminate panels, especially if the room is non-standard. Detailed drawing should take into account doorways, indents, pipes, niches and radiators.
Measure the area of the room is necessary only on the floor. The walls of the room may be uneven, so the measured area will differ from the true floor area.
The resulting area of the room should be divided into the area of one laminate board. The result of the calculations is rounded up.
To accurately determine the amount of laminate is not enough to have a drawing of the room and know its area. Depending on the location of the slats on waste can take from 5 to 10% of the material.
Styling methods
- Direct laying laminate. With this method, boards are stacked across or along the luminous flux, with the displacement of each subsequent row occurs on 1/3 of the panel. This method is the most economical, since no more than 5% of the laminate panels will go to waste.
- Diagonal flooring is the most time consuming and uneconomical. More than 20% of the laminate panels will go to waste, but this installation is unusual and very beautiful.
- Combined method - combines two methods of laying: straight and diagonal. Panels are laid along the walls in the direct method, and in the middle diagonally. Very original combination. Costly, but unusually spectacular.
- The layout of the pattern of laminate boards. With this method of laying the board, the emphasis is on creating an unusual pattern - bright, original and colorful. Therefore, we are not talking about saving. With this method of laying the floor covering will go to waste up to 40% of the laminate coating.
- Herringbone laminate flooring is an unusual way to install a floor covering. Requires special laminate.
Calculation algorithm
Knowing the features of the calculation and types of installation of laminate coating, you can independently create an algorithm for calculating:
- Determine the total area of the room.
- The area of the room divided by the area of the laminate board, which is indicated on the packaging.
- To add the result to the waste:
- with the direct method and herringbone laying - 5–10%;
- with diagonal method - 15–20%;
- with combined stacking - 30%;
- when laying a pattern - 40%.
- The result of the calculation by this method is rounded up to a whole number.
After installation of the laminate there can be several panels that can be used in case of emergency repairs.