6 gallon 6 quart per coat.
How many gallons of paint per square foot for siding.
Enter this total square footage here.
Measure the width and height of windows doors and any other areas that will not be covered with siding.
To ensure you will have enough paint do not worry about excluding areas not to be painted such as windows and doors.
To estimate how much paint your project requires determine the measurements of the room you plan to paint and round it to the nearest foot.
Use the area section below to calculate the walls and ceiling values.
Multiply height by width for each area and add to get total square footage not covered with siding.
One gallon of paint covers approximately 400 square feet.
One gallon of any behr paint is enough to cover between 250 to 400 square feet of surface area with one coat.
For small areas such as railing shakes shingles and wood patio furniture.
It takes about 8 gallons per coat to cover a 2500 square foot house with wood or metal siding.
6 gallon 6 quart per coat.
The coverage amount is listed on the label of the paint can.
In general you can expect 1 gallon of paint to cover about 350 square feet.
You need slightly more than a gallon if the walls are unpainted drywall which absorbs more of the paint.
You also need to consider whether to paint more than one coat.
Use this to adjust the values in the paint coverage section below.
Your paint calculation will update if you change the number of desired coats of paint.
For larger areas such as decks fences roofs and siding.
The estimate divides the total square footage by 350 as one gallon of paint covers 350 square feet.
Textured or porous siding such as stucco or concrete have a greater surface area and require up to twice as much paint for full coverage.
Someone probably thought it would be a great idea to grab a couple of gallons of cheap paint and spread it on.
After all if it s good enough for wooden siding or concrete walls it s good enough for vinyl right.
1 gallon 2 quart per coat.