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How Many Square Feet Is a 10x14 Room?

Total area

140 sq ft

Ten feet by fourteen feet.

length x widthextralength, ftwidtharea x how many, plus anything odd shaped, in feet, yards and meters
Every material calculator on the site starts here, which is why this one also gives square yards and square meters. Odd shapes get broken into rectangles and added on, because a rectangle is the only shape a tape measure is honest about.

How that number is worked out

These are the figures this page was built with and every line the calculator produces from them. Change anything above and all of it moves.

  • Length10 ft
  • Width14 ft
  • How many rooms or areas this size1
  • Extra area to add0 sq ft

Total area140 sq ft

One area140 sq ft
Times 1, plus extra140 sq ft
Square yards15.56
Square meters13.01
Perimeter of one area48 ft

What else matters here

A hundred and forty square feet of floor. Flooring is bought in whole cartons with a waste allowance on top.

Ten percent covers the offcuts at the ends of rows in a plain rectangular room. Go to 15 percent for a diagonal or herringbone lay, and 20 if the room is cut up with closets and angles.

What this calculator assumes

  • Length times width, times how many areas are that size. For an L shaped room, split it into two rectangles and run this twice.
  • Square yards are square feet divided by nine, which is how carpet is still quoted in much of the country.

Questions people ask

How many square feet is a 10x14 room?

140 square feet, which is 15.56 square yards and 13.01 square meters.

How much extra flooring should I buy?

Ten percent for a straight lay in a simple room, 15 for a diagonal, and up to 20 for herringbone or a heavily cut up floor plan.

How do I turn square feet into boxes of flooring?

Add the waste allowance, then divide by the square feet per carton, and round up.

Different numbers?

The square footage calculator takes any dimensions you like and hands back the same list.

Other common sizes

15 more sizes are answered on the square footage calculator page