Drywall Calculator
How many 2400 × 1200 mm plasterboard sheets a wall needs, with waste.
How many 2400 × 1200 mm plasterboard sheets a wall needs, with waste you can change.
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You need 7 sheets of 2400 × 1200 mm for 16.2 m², including 10% waste.
- Wall area
- 16.2 m²
- Waste
- 10% · 1.6 m²
- This is one face. Double the length for both sides of a wall.
- Openings still need sheets for the cuts around them — waste covers some of that.
Sheets7
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Worked example
A wall 6 m long and 2.7 m high is 16.2 m². With 10% waste that’s 17.8 m². A 2400 × 1200 mm sheet covers 2.88 m², so you need 7 sheets.
FAQ
- Which sheet size is assumed?
- 2400 by 1200 mm, the common plasterboard sheet.
- Does this include waste?
- Yes — the percent you set, 10% by default, then rounded up to a whole sheet.
- Are both sides of a wall included?
- Only if you enter the combined length. Length times height is one face.