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For a Set Match pattern with a 2-ft repeat—remembering that such a pattern has to be cut on the full repeat—there will be required two strips each 16 ft long, four 20 ft long, one strip 2 ft and one 7 ft 6 in., for a total of 121 ft 6 in., or 40J yards.
Fig. 5.9. Room with no walls parallel requires special attention in estimating and cutting of 27-in. carpet for wall-to-wall installation.
For a Drop Match pattern with a 2-ft 6-in. repeat (cuts on the half repeat), we will need two strips 16 ft 3 in., four strips 20 ft long (8 repeats), one 5 ft 9 in., and one 3 ft 9 in., with a waste of one-half a repeat (1 ft 3 in.), making a total of 123 ft 3 in., or 411/8 yards for 27-in. carpet.
If 15-ft broadloom were wanted for this room, it would take 15 ft x 19 ft 6 in., or 292 sq ft, 6 sq. in., which is equivalent to 32 1/2 sq yd. (These values are easily obtained from the Yardage Table in the Appendix, page 202.)
Fig. 5.9 is a type of room previously described (page 40). We have shown how to square up rooms of this type where no walls are parallel, or where only two walls are parallel. If it is desired to figure the yardage of 3/4 or 27-in. plain carpet needed to cover this area, allowing for turnunder, and if it is assumed that the proportions and figures shown on the plan are correct, the total yardage called for will be the sum of the figures shown on the strips. These figures are the length in feet of the strips. The portion cut from strip No. 1 will be used on the opposite side of the room. The total length of the strips is 208 ft, which for 27-in. carpet is 52 sq yds.
ESTIMATING FOR BROADLOOMS BY VARIOUS METHODS
Figs. 5.10 through 5.12 show different methods of estimating three different ways of estimating the same room, using respectively 9-ft, 12ft, and 15-ft broadloom, showing the amount and re-use of wastage accruing in each case. Fig. 5.13 shows the same room laid out for 27-in. carpet, indicating the far greater number of seams but the greatly reduced wastage—provided an intricate pattern is not required. Compare Fig. 4.2, which is a rough sketch of the same room, but not to scale.
