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HOW TO FIGURE COVERAGE

1. Measure Walls

   Multiply width times height of each wall surface to be covered. Add totals to get square feet needed. Do not include door and window openings. Multiply total square feet to be covered by 1.7 to get lineal feet needed for the job. Add 5% as a waste factor.

2. Measure Gables

   On gable areas, multiply width times height and divide by two to get the square feet of gable. Multiply square feet by 1.9. This gives lineal feet of siding needed for each gable. Do not add 5% to this figure.

   For example:
   
   30 X 10 = 300 / 2 = 150 Sq. Ft. to cover
   150 X 1.9 = 285 Lin. Ft. needed for gable.
   No need to add 5% here.

3. Determine Log Ends Needed
   

   For each corner of the house, measure the height of the corner (in inches) from where siding starts at the bottom. Since each siding course is 7" high, divide height of corner by 7" to get number of log ends needed for that corner of the house. The last course will probably not be a full 7". (It's a rare wall that is divisible by exactly 7".) So count to only the last full 7" increment.

   For example:
   96 / 7 = 13.7 Disregard the fractional part. So 13 log ends are needed for that corner.

   Add corner totals for each corner of the house to get number of log ends needed for job.

   The number of log ends called for will be bonded to an equal number of siding pieces taken from customer order. Half of the corner assemblies will be "rights" and half will be "lefts".