When tim is about to check out he realizes that the retailer is using a 12 foot roll.
Carpet wider than 12 feet.
He s chosen a nylon berber carpet.
However wider width carpets make installation faster and easier in larger rooms mobile homes and other wide spaces.
This is to be expected.
The main piece of carpet would be 12 ft wide the width of the roll x 16 foot long.
All rooms are 15 feet wide and their lengths vary.
You want to carpet an area 16 feet wide x 16 feet long using a 12 foot wide roll of carpet.
Standard carpet rolls are only 12ft wide.
If you have a room wider than 12 feet you will need to have a seam.
If your room is wider than 15 feet or if the carpet is only available in a 12 foot width and the room is wider than 12 feet then you have to determine where to place a seam on the floor.
The extra 20 required adds 1080 5400 20 1080 to the total.
If you have a room that is 10 feet by 10 feet you will have to buy a rug that is 12 feet by 10 feet.
Larger rooms can handle rugs measuring 8 by 10 10 by 12 10 by 14 and 12 by 15 feet.
A room 15 feet by 15 feet will require a 3 foot by 15 foot seam along one side of the room.
The carpet costs 3 per square foot for a grand total of 5400 before the 20 is tacked on.