Painting a room
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Painting a room takes 5 of the pages on this site, not one. Wall area minus the openings, then coats, then cans. Subtracting the doors and windows is the step that decides whether you buy one gallon too many. Each page in the list computes its own figure from a published formula and prints the working, so the whole sequence can be checked rather than trusted.
- 1Paint CalculatorGallons for the coats you actually intend to doCalculator
- 2Square Footage CalculatorFloor and wall area for an irregular roomCalculator
- 3Drywall CalculatorIf the walls are not up yetCalculator
- 4How to Measure a Room for FlooringMeasuring around alcoves and baysGuide
- 5What Drywalling a Room CostsMaterials and labour, with the rangesGuide