And if you know the total area to cover you can calculate the length of material at a given width to fit the area.
What is a linear metre of carpet.
This basic unit of measurement is 3 66 square meters for example 1 meter cute from a carpet roll is normally 3 66 meter wide.
Linear meters measures length.
As the definition implies a linear or lineal metre applies to a length of a material such as carpeting or roof sheeting.
Some carpets can be up to 4 metres wide while others will be the traditional broadloom width of 3 66 metres.
Square metres to linear metres.
A linear metre is a term primarily used in the building industry often to quantify and price materials including roofing timber and flooring products.
If your material comes in set widths you can calculate the area a given total length of this material will cover.
A carpet lineal metre is usually 3 66m the width of the carpet a price in lineal metres will be higher than in square metres please note that some of our carpets are 4 metres wide.
Let s say one carpet supplier charges 60 per square metre for their carpet.
To calculate the equivalent square metre price from a lineal metre price just divide the lineal metre price by the carpet width either 3 66 or 4 metre.
If they charge by the lineal metre they should specify the width of the carpet.
Linear metre vs square metre.
The broadloom refers to carpeting and broadloom meter which is also known as linear meter is the basic unit of measurement for pricing and selling carpet.
There is a common misconception and continue reading broadloom meter explained.