Exterior Wall Sheathing Calculator

Square footage of a wall divided by the square footage of the sheathing one 4 x 8 sheath 32 sq ft equals the number of sheath s needed.

Exterior wall sheathing calculator. In exterior walls add insulating sheathing to achieve a greater r value in your wall system. A single story exterior wall. Our building products are designed to be strong durable and sustainable. The hud path rehab guide volume 2.

Department of housing and urban development office of policy development and research mar 2011 editorial staff. Estimate the number of sheets needed for sheathing a wall or floor with plywood or osb. Gypsum exterior wall sheathing costs the costs of installing gypsum sheathing is around 2 a square foot installed which makes a 500 sq ft. This calculator assumes that the wall being built is.

From sub floors and exterior sheathing products to drywall in walls and ceilings to roofs and fire doors we are known for our wide range of products used throughout residential and commercial construction around the world. Ready to find the supplies you need in your local store. This framing calculator will calculate the minimum number of studs top and bottom plates and sheets of plywood needed to build a stick framed wall. The building estimator s reference book mar 2012 home improvement 1 2 3.

This includes both labor at roughly 700 and materials at roughly 300. Use the home depot app to locate products and check inventory. The number of sheaths needed is based on square footage of the area and the square footage of one sheath of plywood. Sometimes you will end up with leftovers that are too small to use and you may need additional sheathing material.

Calculate sheathing needed once you have the area you can divide by the area of a sheet of plywood to find the number of sheets needed. To calculate the number of sheaths needed to cover a wall you need to know the wall s square footage. Installation cost roughly 1 000 when complete. If you have a small opening in your wall then ignore that.

So dividing the area of the roof by 32 will give you the number of sheets needed. Number of sheets needed based on 4 x 8 sheet size. For wall assemblies with foam plastic sheathing on the exterior side and gypsum wall board gypsum panel product or equivalent on the interior side of the wall the vinyl siding s design wind pressure rating shall be multiplied by 0 39. Expert advice from the home depot homer tlc aug 2020 editorial staff isbn 696213273.