Vinyl siding comes in 100 sq ft units called squares this is the total number of squares you will need.
How many square in a box of vinyl siding.
Vinyl siding typically comes in 2 square boxes so if your calculation above is 58 squares of siding you would need 29 boxes of vinyl siding.
However each box does contain 2 square of siding.
A box of vinyl siding contains two squares a square in construction lingo equals 100 square feet so a box of vinyl siding will cover 200 square feet.
To find the number of squares of siding needed for an installation measure each walls width and height in feet.
That s only a starting point however.
They contain windows doors and gables which alter the amount of coverage you ll get from a single box of vinyl siding.
One square of siding will cover 100 square feet and an average box of vinyl siding contains 2 squares of material.
Multiply the width and height to get the area of the wall in square feet.
However if you re calculating for vinyl shake siding which is often 1 2 or 1 3 of a square per box your calculations will be different.
That is a coverage amount of 200 square feet.