However if you re calculating for vinyl shake siding which is often 1 2 or 1 3 of a square per box your calculations will be different.
How many square in a box of vinyl siding.
Vinyl siding typically comes in 2 square boxes so if your calculation above is 58 squares of siding you would need 29 boxes of vinyl siding.
Multiply the width and height to get the area of the wall in square feet.
A box of vinyl siding contains two squares a square in construction lingo equals 100 square feet so a box of vinyl siding will cover 200 square feet.
To find the number of squares of siding needed for an installation measure each walls width and height in feet.
That s only a starting point however.
It is unclear how many pieces there are in a single box of vinyl siding.
Check with the vinyl siding manufacturer to see how many squares are in one box.
Houses are not smooth rectangles.
One square of siding will cover 100 square feet and an average box of vinyl siding contains 2 squares of material.
However each box does contain 2 square of siding.