Drywall Calculator
Sheets, mud, tape, and screws for a room.
4×12 = fewer seams to tape, but heavy — two people minimum
Sheets, mud, tape, and screws for a room.
4×12 = fewer seams to tape, but heavy — two people minimum
Sheets, screws, tape, and mud for a room — so you can make one trip to the store instead of three.
The wall area is the perimeter times the height, plus the ceiling if you are hanging that too. Divide by the area of one sheet (32 square feet for a 4×8, 48 for a 4×12) and add 10 percent for waste. Mud runs at roughly one bucket per 450 square feet, tape at about 0.37 linear feet per square foot of board, and screws at roughly one per square foot.
Example
A 12 × 14 foot room with 8-foot ceilings has 416 square feet of wall. That is 13 sheets of 4×8 with waste, one bucket of mud, a roll of tape, and a box of screws.
About 13 sheets of 4×8 for the walls of a room with 8-foot ceilings, including a 10 percent waste allowance. Add roughly 6 more if you are hanging the ceiling as well.
Horizontally, in most rooms. It produces less seam to finish, and puts the main seam at about waist height where it is far easier to tape and sand well.
Roughly one bucket per 450 square feet of board for a standard three-coat finish. Buy a spare — running out partway through a coat causes more problems than the cost of the bucket.