Room Dimensions

This section explains the room dimension layouts that are included in the Construction Starter File.

They will help you to do 'room by room' estimates of construction costs in residential and light commercial buildings.

Room DIMENSIONS BASICS
When to Use | Entering Data

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When to Use Room Dimensions

Goldenseal allows you to base project dimensions on individual rooms.

Enter room dimensions in any of the following cases:

For remodeling projects where you'll do different work in different rooms.
For an addition combined with work in existing rooms (enter the addition into basic dimensions and the other work as individual rooms).
For small projects that only consist of a room or two.
For very unusual construction that is difficult to handle with basic dimensions.

To enter room dimensions, follow these steps:

Choose Estimates from the Income menu.
Click the New button, or choose New Record from the Edit menu, or find an existing estimate.
Enter an account, estimate name and other details for the Estimate.
Choose Estimate Locations from the Options menu, and choose New Location from the submenu.
Type in a name for the room.
Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each room you'll be working on.
Click on the form type button at the bottom of the left side of the window, and choose one of the rooms.

Entering Data

Enter the following basic room information:

Type of Work-- Choose the type of work that you'll do in this room.
Story-- Choose the location of this room in the building.
Room Type-- Choose the type of room this is.
Longest N-S Length-- Enter the longest length along the walls that run approximately North to South.
Longest E-W Length-- Enter the longest length along the walls that run approximately East to West.

Enter the following information for each of the four walls:

Length-- The wall length on each side.
Area-- The vertical area of wall on each side.
Framing Length-- The length of wall on each side that will be framed.
Wallboard Area-- The area of wallboard that will be installed on each side.
Paint Area-- The wall area that will be painted on each side.
HINT-- Goldenseal calculates values for these quantities-- you can change the calculated value if it is not correct.

Enter the following information for interior partitions:

Length-- Enter wall length of any partitions that are entirely within this room
Area-- The total wall area on both sides of the interior partition.
Framing Length-- The length of interior wall that gets new framing.
Wallboard Area-- The area of new wallboard (both sides).
Paint Area-- The area that gets new paint (both sides).
HINT-- Goldenseal calculates values for most of these quantities-- you can change the calculated value if it is not correct.

Enter the following information for the room ceiling:

Ceiling Height-- Enter the average ceiling height for the room.
Area-- The total ceiling area.
Framing Area-- The total ceiling area that gets new framing.
Wallboard Area-- The total ceiling area that gets new wallboard.
Paint Area-- The total ceiling area that gets new paint.
HINT-- Goldenseal calculates values for most of these quantities-- you can change the calculated value if it is not correct.

Enter the following information for the room floor:

Area-- The total floor area inside the room.
Framing Area-- The total floor area that gets new framing.
Floor Finish Area-- The total area that gets new flooring.
Paint Area-- The total area that gets new paint or clear finish.
HINT-- Goldenseal calculates values for these quantities-- you can change the calculated value if it is not correct.

Enter the following general information about the room:

Siding Area-- The exterior wall area that gets new siding materials.
Roofing Area-- The total room area that gets new roofing above it.
Ceiling Insulation Area-- The total ceiling area that gets new insulation.
Wall Insulation Area-- The total wall area that gets new insulation.
Floor Insulation Area-- The total floor area that gets new insulation.

After you enter room measurements, Goldenseal adds them to the calculated quantities that it displays in the Roof Dimensions, Structural Dimensions and Finish Dimensions layouts.