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.
They contain windows doors and gables which alter the amount of coverage you ll get from a single box of vinyl siding.
It is unclear how many pieces there are in a single box of vinyl siding.
To find the number of squares of siding needed for an installation measure each walls width and height in feet.
Check with the vinyl siding manufacturer to see how many squares are in one box.
However each box does contain 2 square of siding.
That s only a starting point however.
Vinyl siding comes in 100 sq ft units called squares this is the total number of squares you will need.
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.
Multiply the width and height to get the area of the wall in square feet.