Square Yards to Square Feet Converter

A yard is 3 feet, so it is natural to multiply by 3. But a square yard is a square 3 ft on each side, and 3 × 3 = 9 square feet. Picture it as a grid of three rows of three one-foot tiles.

Multiplying by 3 gives an answer one third of the real size. 20 square yards of carpet is 180 ft², not 60. This tool's factors are set up so the ratio comes out at exactly 9, so every result is a clean multiple: 12 yd² is 108 ft², 25 yd² is 225 ft².

Carpet, artificial turf and some landscaping materials are often priced per square yard, while rooms and gardens are usually measured in feet. Two conversions come up:

• Area: a 12 × 15 ft room is 180 ft². Divided by 9, that is 20 yd², which is what the quote will be based on.
• Price: $30 per square yard is $30 ÷ 9 = $3.3333 per ft². Divide the price; don't multiply it.

Rooms don't always come out even. An 11 × 13 ft room is 143 ft², or 15.8889 yd². Round up when you order.

Carpet and turf come off a roll of fixed width, so the amount you pay for is the roll width times the length cut, not the exact floor area. A room narrower than the roll still uses the full width, and the offcut is waste. Use this converter to check that a quote's square yards match your measurements. Then ask how the installer laid out the cuts before comparing two quotes, because one may include more offcut than the other.

If you use a yard stick or a long tape marked in yards, you can skip square feet entirely. Multiply length by width in yards and you have square yards directly: a 4 × 5 yd patio is 20 yd², or 180 ft² here. Either way, convert to the unit the product is sold in only once, at the end, so rounding doesn't stack up.

If a quote arrives in square meters instead, the same unit list covers it: 1 yd² is 0.83613 m², so 20 yd² is 16.7225 m².