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Floor Protection Roll Cut Order calculator.

Cover measured rectangular work areas with continuous protective strips, explicit overlap and an optional supplied edge upturn.

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Use measurements from your plan and properties from your chosen product. Any prefilled values are illustrative.

Where to get this value

Use the actual usable quantity or dimensions of the product you intend to buy. Check the label and the unit shown here.

Where to get this value

Use the actual usable quantity or dimensions of the product you intend to buy. Check the label and the unit shown here.

Separate protected rectangle 1
Where to get this value

Measure this dimension in your plan or on site and use the displayed unit. For irregular shapes, divide the geometry into the supported sections.

Where to get this value

Measure this dimension in your plan or on site and use the displayed unit. For irregular shapes, divide the geometry into the supported sections.

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Formula and assumptions
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How this calculation works.

Lanes = ceil((expanded width − overlap)/(roll width − overlap)); pack each expanded room-length strip into selected rolls.

Lanes = ceil((expanded width − overlap)/(roll width − overlap)); pack each expanded room-length strip into selected rolls.Calculated with normalised units

A worked example

Illustrative inputs only. Product properties and design dimensions are not recommendations for your project.

Selected roll width
1 m
Selected roll length
10 m
Your specified lane overlap
0 mm
Your specified edge upturn
0 mm
Separate protected rectangle 1
Measured width across lanes
3 m
Measured strip direction length
4 m
Identical areas
1

Protection rolls: 2 rolls

Decreasing-length first-fit packing is feasible, not guaranteed optimal. Side remnants are not reused; no joining is assumed. Protection suitability is not selected.

Before you purchase

Use dimensions from your plan and properties from your chosen product. Any design spacing, section or fixing pattern must already be specified.

Measurements, product properties and application patterns are supplied by you. Illustrative examples do not recommend construction or planting specifications.

Method: dimensional arithmetic and user-supplied specifications. Software checks: 2026-10-05. Calculation and review policy.

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