How Many Square Feet Is a 14x20 Room?
Total area
280 sq ft
Fourteen feet by twenty feet.
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.
- Length14 ft
- Width20 ft
- How many rooms or areas this size1
- Extra area to add0 sq ft
Total area280 sq ft
| One area | 280 sq ft |
|---|---|
| Times 1, plus extra | 280 sq ft |
| Square yards | 31.11 |
| Square meters | 26.01 |
| Perimeter of one area | 68 ft |
What else matters here
Two hundred and eighty square feet.
Paint follows the walls and not the floor. The perimeter here is 68 feet, so at nine foot ceilings the walls are 612 square feet gross, 561 after a door and two windows come out. The floor area, 280, has nothing to do with it.
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 14x20 room?
280 square feet, which is 31.11 square yards and 26.01 square meters.
How much paint for a 14x20 room?
Paint follows wall area, which is perimeter times height: at eight foot walls that is 544 square feet gross, and two coats at 350 square feet a gallon is about 3.1 gallons before doors and windows come out.
Why is wall area bigger than floor area?
Because it is the perimeter times the ceiling height. A 14 by 20 room has 280 square feet of floor and 544 square feet of wall at eight foot ceilings.
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