{"id":133,"date":"2008-12-08T16:55:36","date_gmt":"2008-12-08T21:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uht.ebb.myftpupload.com\/?p=133"},"modified":"2008-12-09T15:17:23","modified_gmt":"2008-12-09T20:17:23","slug":"ask-the-experts-how-much-carpet-do-i-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/ask-the-experts-how-much-carpet-do-i-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask the Experts: How much carpet do I need?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?--><p><em><strong>Question<\/strong>: How do I know how much carpet I need?<\/em><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 150px;\">-Scott<br>\nDalton, Georgia<\/p><p><strong>Answer<\/strong>: You usually need abut 10% more <a title=\"Carpet\" href=\"http:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\">carpet<\/a>, and about 5% more <a title=\"Carpet Pad\" href=\"http:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/products\/pads\/pad.htm\">pad<\/a>, than the actual square footage you are covering. However, the following steps are absolutely necessary in order to purchase the correct amount of carpet and pad needed for your job.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/images\/installation\/tape-measure.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Measuring Carpet\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/images\/installation\/tape-measure.jpg\" alt=\"image 1 for Ask the Experts: How much carpet do I need?\" width=\"177\" height=\"150\"><\/a>First, make a simple drawing of all the areas to be covered. Include, for example, living room, den, halls, master-bedroom, 2nd and 3rd bedrooms, and closets. Then measure each room in feet and inches, and add to sketch. Now you are ready to insert the carpet into the rooms.<\/p><p>Be sure you know the width of your carpet. Also, remember it is usually best for carpet in <strong>adjoining<\/strong> rooms to run the same direction. All carpet within the <strong>same<\/strong> room <strong>must<\/strong> run the same direction.<\/p><p>Installation can be a bit tricky, but if you take your time and actually draw out the carpet to be cut, and place the cuts in the appropriate room, it will make more sense to beginners. Be sure to save the waste from one room to use in another room or closet. Also, try to keep seams out of door ways.<\/p><p>Always remember to check your square footage to be covered against the amount of carpet your installer or dealer says you need. If it\u2019s more than 10-15% extra, this should be a <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">HUGE RED FLAG<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p><p>If you have any questions, or need help with your measurements, feel free to contact us at (800) 922-5582. We\u2019ll be glad to help.<\/p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Question: How do I know how much carpet I need?-Scott Dalton, GeorgiaAnswer: You usually need abut 10% more&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,42,33],"tags":[48,61],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":732,"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133\/revisions\/732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}