Figuring Out How Much Siding You Need

With our easy to use siding and trim calculators you won t have to worry about not having enough to finish the job.

Figuring out how much siding you need.

When your customers need to replace or repair siding for their homes come to lowe s to take advantage of tools like our siding estimator that can help you stay on schedule and under budget. To find the number of squares of siding needed for an installation measure each walls width and height in feet. Siding calculator let mitten help you to determine how much siding and trims you ll need for your house. Measure the walls along the bottom of all the siding to estimate starter strip material.

Starter strips are used at the bottom of a wall to provide a solid attachment for the bottom of a piece of vinyl siding and to fur out the bottom of the piece for an even look. Measure the width and height of windows doors and any other areas that will not be covered with siding. You ll typically need this around the bottom of the wall. Multiply the width and height to get the area of the wall in square feet.

Not only can you pick up your vinyl siding wood siding and fiber cement siding at lowe s but our online siding calculator and vinyl siding calculator can help you quickly determine how much material. Enter this total square footage here. Multiply height by width for each area and add to get total square footage not covered with siding.