Ex: Find the Square Footage of a House

This video provides an example of how to determine the square footage of a house with and without the garage.

[techiprobin]

best explanation, very helpful thanks

[ramtough]

Thx man I help a welder and he's been wanting me to learn how to do this

[OMGWTFLOLSMH]

Thanks. I added the 3 rectangles to arrive at the same conclusion. I never thought to do 1 large rectangle and subtract the other 2.

[bonmom]

But do you walk around the house and measure from the outside? Inside? What is considered legal by the real estate world?

[Djm]

length is always the longest side and width is the shortest side.

[brucesalta]

I disagree. this seems more complicated than it should be. Just measuring each room, add the SF of each room and done no subtracting needed.

[peachberry]

When I look at this, all I think about is that game Minesweeper from back in the day

[stacygreen]

Does 2 story ceiling add sqft to a home? Would that be extra in drafting blueprints?

[ImGinaMarie]

Thank you so much for this, you just helped us figure out sq of our home for insurance!

[mazmusicornament]

this diagram show only one floor. How to calculate sq for 1 floor + garage. Thats all this is. Now check sq for second floor and basement. Then just add if you dealing with extra floors.

[s_jd]

i have a question.
suppose, you know the square foot of an area but do not know the size of length and width. how do you find that ?

[moparloverrr]

So don't deduct for the walls as some are 4" and some are 6"

[singularity]

Why everyone explains with no decimal or inches .. conversion of inches to feet is very important.its not necessary that every house would have a perfect length and width in measurement. What abt inches !!!

[blacksabbath]

So the square footage of a house doesn't change no matter how tall is it!?!?!

[JohnSmith-jtbh]

So if u had 2 areas say 12x12 it equas 144, then u add 144 plus 144 and equals 288 total. Yet if u just had one area double that at 24x24 it equals 576. Riddle me that batman.

[carls]

Please Help. Can you clarify the measurements shown in your diagram are indeed exterior measurements? If so, does that agree with ANSI Z765-2003 method of measuring sf for appraisals? Thank you

[OwnYourOwnBus]

Is a porch or an attached deck or garage considered part of a homes square footage?

[bobkeeler]

i thought you measured the outside walls of the house??

[shawn_]

The wall at the top says 22' wouldn't the bottom be 22 - the 8 so instead of 30 you should've went with 22?

[donnatran]

then whats the circumference and perimeter someone please