Patio - working out meters square MORE HELP PLEASE

meerustar

Does anyone know how I work out m2 of my back garden. We are having it paved in the next couple of weeks and want to get the stuff this weekend as some of the offers are great.

Anyway, back garden is small but a weird shape.

.....2m
......_
.7m l. \ 7m
......l__\
......9m

(hope the above comes out as intended, lol)

How do I work out how much area to cover from above .. I have brain freeze trying.

Thanks

(NEW QUESTION ON POST 16, THANKS)

ankspon

126 m2,i think anyway

meerustar

davidhwdn wrote: »

126 m2,i think anyway

:eek::eek: I think I totally understimated how much this was going to cost then

Plasterer

davidhwdn wrote: »

126 m2,i think anyway

:eek: 38.5

meerustar

Plasterer wrote: »

:eek: 38.5

*breathing a little better*

How do you work it out, I just cant work out how much it's going to cost me ... but getting the impression it's probably more than I thought

spinybif_2

plasterer is spot on

rectangle 7 X 2 metres = 14

leaves right angle triangle base 7m, height 7m, area = 1/2 base X height =

3.5 X 7 = 24.5

therefore total area = 14 + 24.5 = 38.5 square metres

iamcornholio

Give a man a fish or a fishing rod?

Divide the area into two shapes ...... a rectangle measuring 2x7m

and a right-angled triangle with sides 7x7m .... so assume a square of area 7x7m and then half it to get the area of the triangle

Don't let davidhwdn loose with the credit card .... he will order enough gear for all the neighbours too!

meerustar

Thanks very much ... I worked it out to be much less and much more so knew I'd get an answer here

So, (daft question I'm guessing) .. if the paving I want is sold in 10sqm packs, 4 of these will do the garden .. right??

meerustar

iamcornholio wrote: »

Don't let davidhwdn loose with the credit card .... he will order enough gear for all the neighbours too!

:rotfl: I nearly did

Plasterer

meerustar wrote: »

Thanks very much ... I worked it out to be much less and much more so knew I'd get an answer here

So, (daft question I'm guessing) .. if the paving I want is sold in 10sqm packs, 4 of these will do the garden .. right??

Well done :T:T:T

meerustar

Plasterer wrote: »

Well done :T:T:T

..and I didn't even sense a hint of sarcasm in that reply :rotfl::rotfl:

Thanks guys, you're all stars xx