Accurate Measurement & Waste Calculation

18 and $23. It is important to find out the market price in your area because that will determine where your cost estimates should be . Find this range. OK. Now I want to digress a bit , because I just mentioned it. I want to teach you how to measure these areas because this is something that almost every contractor gets wrong. They come, take a tape measure before starting work, and measure the area. And then they take a tape measure after work and measure the area again. Let me show you why you shouldn't do that. I'll check if I'm writing with a marker. This is important. Therefore. On a semi-elliptical object like ours. This work was essentially a semicircle. Of course? I break all my tasks into squares. I measure in squares because I'm not smart enough to calculate the radius of a semicircle at an angle of 33 degrees on an object. But I'm smart enough to figure out: side times side is going to give you the area in square feet. Of course? So if I measure a 5 by 3 square, I know that it contains 15 square feet. And then I say: you know what? There is something superfluous here. I'll reduce it to nine or seven. At this stage, I'm estimating roughly because I don't need precision for the initial measurement. I need to be approximate. I do n't have to be precise. So I go through and measure the entire project with squares. But in the end, it will ruin you. You don't want to measure with squares at the end. So, to give you a better idea, when I first meet with a client and I need to figure out how many square feet their project is, I break their work down into squares. In this case we have 1, 2, 3, four squares. Each square has, well, let's say, 15, 9, and 9. This one is nine. This one is also nine. So, 35. 39, 48 square feet—that will be the project area. This is just an example. Good. Just an example : at the end of the job, if I leave now, the client pays, let's say, $20 per square foot. They will want to know exactly how many square feet are in this property. They're going to want to know this very precisely because it's costing them $20 per square foot. So you are obligated to get the correct number at the end of the work. I hope I didn't confuse you too much. If so, write to me and I will explain in more detail. At the beginning of the job, I get a rough figure to give them an estimate. At the end of the work, instead of re-measuring , because this is where you can make a mistake. Let's say this is the end of the work, I have the same semicircle, and…