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BCIS calculator not working

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Hi all, used this calculator previously with no problems, it seems to be having a problem with the m2 saying "The floor area you have entered is larger than those covered in the calculator" anyone had this problem?

room sizes downstairs are approximate and I am doing the same for upstairs, I make the M2 around the 570 mark, or am I doing this completely wrong?

13.3 x 4.04
13.4 x 10.6
10.4 x 8.6

Thanks

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  • davidmcn
    davidmcn Posts: 23,596 Forumite
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    suestew wrote: »
    Hi all, used this calculator previously with no problems, it seems to be having a problem with the m2 saying "The floor area you have entered is larger than those covered in the calculator" anyone had this problem?

    room sizes downstairs are approximate and I am doing the same for upstairs, I make the M2 around the 570 mark, or am I doing this completely wrong?

    13.3 x 4.04
    13.4 x 10.6
    10.4 x 8.6
    If those measurements are in metres, yes that seems correct. Kinda chunky rooms though?
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    edited 10 January 2020 at 7:54PM
    One room is thirteen and a bit metres by ten metres?

    That's really quite large...

    Are you sure you aren't getting feet and metres confused?

    Just pause and think for a minute. A 6ft tall person is 1m83. Could you really lie five of them head-to-toe in that room and still have space? In the shorter direction...? Another two people in the longer direction? No, thought not...

    Rough numbers, divide square feet by 10 for square metres. 60m2 or so is a perfectly decent size for a 2-bed house.

    This is what a 600m2 house looks like...
    KSD-1-210114-600x400.jpg
  • suestew
    suestew Posts: 372 Forumite
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    Ok thanks ill look tomorrow, i was actually going on measurements from a house similar to mine on rightmove
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    suestew wrote: »
    Ok thanks ill look tomorrow, i was actually going on measurements from a house similar to mine on rightmove
    Feet. Metres. Guaranteed...

    It's only been 55 years since this country started to metricate... What IS so hard about doing the same thing as the entire rest of the world (bar one other country, who started a decade later)?
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