Carpet Measuring Calculator Stairs

How to calculate stairs.

Carpet measuring calculator stairs.

Width x run rise nose x number of stairs area. Refer to the figure adjacent to the calculator as a reference. The stair calculator is an online tool for calculating various parameters involved in the construction of stairs. Measure the rise and run.

Total rise the vertical height between the bottom of the first step and the top of the final step in the stair stringer. For a straight staircase. Length of the step. To use our stair calculator you need to enter the following measurements as a minimum.

As you can see entering the room and stair dimensions into our carpet calculator makes life much easier. If doing by hand multiply your stair area plus the padding by the number of stairs to determine how many square feet of carpet you ll need for all stairs. A fraction to decimal conversion table for common fractions used in measurements is also provided at the bottom of the page. Total run the total horizontal length of the stair stringer.

Next measure upward across the tread and riser of 1 stair. How to measure stairs for carpet. Height of the step. To calculate how much carpet you ll need for your stairs start by measuring the width of 1 tread with a tape measure and add 2 inches to make sure you have enough carpet.

After measuring the riser get the length and width of any landings then round all of your measurements up to the nearest foot. For a typical set of 12 box stairs measuring 3 wide using a carpet that is 12 wide you would require 12 x 4 6 in a 12 width of carpet you get 4 box stairs 12 divided by 3 so every 12 x 18 gives you 4 stairs. Divide by 12 and round up to get the number of feet.