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Example House

Here is our example house and its basic floor plan. Test your knowledge of area takeoffs and see if you can answer the questions below. Review how to calculate area takeoffs.

Example house Basic floor plan

What is the gross area of the roof/ceiling?

64
640
400

What is the gross wall area?

640
400
64

What is the window area?

16
533
64

If the door area is 20 sf, what is the net wall area?

620
556
576

Review how to calculate area takeoffs
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