For example if the area to be covered in plywood is 800 ft 2 then 25 sheets of plywood will be needed to cover it.
Coverting square feet of plywood to sheets in excel.
Yards to another unit type e g.
Take note of the length of each board and after all measurements are complete then use a calculator such as our feet and inches calculator to add the feet measurements together.
The syntax of the function is.
For example you can use convert to convert feet into meters pounds into kilograms fahrenheit to celsius gallons into liters and for many other unit conversions.
Square feet of 1 2 inch plywood was equivalent to 2 000 square feet on the 3 8 basis.
If you would like to convert regular volume units into board feet use the following relation.
Finding linear feet of multiple boards.
It figures how many pieces long then how many wide.
Unlike square footage the board footage is a measurement of volume.
For more complicated shapes see the instructions below.
Here are a few tips on how to calculate or convert units of measure for lumber and panel products.
How many 4 x 8 sheets of plywood do i need.
Divide by the total square footage by the square footage of a sheet of plywood to find the number of sheets required to cover the space.
A 4 8 sheet of plywood is 32 ft 2.
Use the drop downs below to select a length in feet.
Substituting this into the above formula results in an equivalent of 62 5 cubic feet of plywood.
It will help us change units in excel with a formula.
800 32 25 sheets.
For example convert will help us in converting pounds to kilograms feet to centimeters or fahrenheit to celsius.
It is used when purchasing multiple boards of lumber in various sizes.
The excel convert function is useful in converting units from one measurement system to another measurement system.
If the formula in section 1 which converts surface measure of any thickness to the 3 8 basis is substituted for sf3 8 the following general relationship is found.
The function is new to excel 2007 so is not available in earlier versions of excel.
To find the linear feet of multiple pieces of lumber you need to measure the length of each piece and add the measurements together.
All mbf calculations are based upon the nominal size of the lumber and not the actual size.
Then do the same thing for the width.
This calculator does not simply divide the total square footage by 32.
Calculating thousand board feet mbf for lumber products.