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How Many Square Feet Is an 11x11 Room?

Total area

121 sq ft

Eleven feet by eleven 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.

  • Length11 ft
  • Width11 ft
  • How many rooms or areas this size1
  • Extra area to add0 sq ft

Total area121 sq ft

One area121 sq ft
Times 1, plus extra121 sq ft
Square yards13.44
Square meters11.24
Perimeter of one area44 ft

What else matters here

A hundred and twenty one square feet. Odd numbered room sizes look like a mistake and are usually the truth, because a room is drawn to framing and lived in to drywall.

A wall framed with 2 by 4 studs and half inch board on both sides is about 4.5 inches thick, so a run of rooms laid out on a 12 foot grid comes out closer to 11 feet 7 inches inside. Measure to the face of the drywall, at the floor, on both ends of the wall, because a room that is 11 feet 2 inches at one end and 11 feet 5 inches at the other is normal and the flooring has to cover the larger number.

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 an 11x11 room?

121 square feet, which is 13.44 square yards and 11.24 square meters.

Why are room dimensions not round numbers?

Plans are drawn to the framing and rooms are measured inside the drywall. A wall eats about 4.5 inches, so a 12 foot bay becomes an 11 foot 7 inch room.

Where should I measure a room from?

From the face of the drywall, at floor level, and at both ends of each wall. Old houses are rarely square and the flooring has to fit the widest point.

Different numbers?

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

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