How do you calculate square footage of a shower enclosure?
Question:I have a shower enclosure that is three sided and 60 inches tall all around. The three sides measure 26 inches wide by 60 inches tall, 24 inches wide by 60 inches tall and 60 inches wide by 60 inches tall. What is the total sq footage? Thanks
Answers:
length times width times height
Heavy question, Sq ft of hexagon... Oh you need the tiles for just these 3 walls.length times width of each wall. 26 by 60=1560inches or 10.83sq ft 24 by 60=1440inches or 10 sq. ft. and 60 by 60=3600inches or 25sq ft. Buy 60sq ft of tiles. This should give you enough for the cut off on the edges. If you save a few, you will have them for little repair jobs too if needed.
If you only want square footage (the area covered by the shower), then length times width is all you need. If you want the VOLUME of the shower, then you'll need to multiply that by the height as well. It sounds like your shower floor is an odd shape; in that case, break it up mentally into rectangles and/or triangles; the area of a right triangle is length times width divided by two. The height doesn't matter when it comes to square footage - only when volume is needed - like "how much water would the enclosure hold if I filled it" - probably not something you want to try ;-)
Multiply the length x the width in inches and divide the result by 144 to get square footage.
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