Add 2 sheets for waste.
How many sheets of drywall do i need for 800 square feet.
600 36 16 67.
800 32 25 sheets.
Sheets of drywall are either 4 x 8 s 32 sf each or 4 x 12 s 48 sf each.
The ceiling is 10 x 10 or an additional 100 square feet.
For a drywall panel size of 4 x 12 you need about 21 sheets.
For a drywall panel size of 4 x 10 you need about 25 sheets.
If you add the 320 sf needed for walls and the 100 sf needed for ceilings you get 420 sf of drywall needed.
Sheets of drywall in a bundle.
Each wall would be 80 square feet so four walls equals 320 square feet sf of drywall needed.
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.
Once you determine surface area of the entire room or how much drywall is needed divide that number by 40.
Only by using drywall t square you can be sure that your drywall panels are correctly in place.
A 4 8 sheet of plywood is 32 ft 2.
The different panel sizes have their own advantages and disadvantages.
16 67 17 sheets.
For example if your wall surface is 1000 square feet and you re using 4 x 8 sheets then the number of sheets needed is 1000 32 or 31 25.
For a drywall panel size of 4 x 8 you need about 32 sheets.
Step 2 calculate that one gallon of joint compound will be needed to mud between 100 and 200 square feet of drywall.
Drywall saw used to cut sheets of drywall so they can fit into more irregular spaces.
This is the number of drywall sheets required.
Measure all of your walls interior and exterior.
You ll need 19 total sheets.
Lets say your house is 50 x 20 1000sq ft you would have 140 ft of exterior wall multiplied by wall height lets say 8ft would.
For example if you re using 4 x 10 sheets the total square footage of one sheet is 40sf.
Add the areas together.
A standard 4 by 8 sheet for example measures 32 square feet.
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.
It is more comfortable to use an electric drywall saw but manual drywall saw will do the job as well.
Once you do determine the square footage of one sheet.
Find how many sheets you ll need using 4 9 sheets.
Sheets of drywall come two to a bundle with the smooth finished side facing inward towards.
For a drywall panel size of 4 x 9 you need about 28 sheets.
