Wallpaper Calculator
Work out how many wallpaper rolls a room needs using drop lengths, pattern repeat and roll size, with waste and cost included.
About this tool
Wallpaper Calculator
Work out how many wallpaper rolls a room needs using drop lengths, pattern repeat and roll size, with waste and cost included.
The Wallpaper Calculator tells you how many rolls to buy for a room by working in drops, the way decorators actually do it: drops needed = wall run / roll width, drops per roll = roll length / drop length rounded down, rolls = drops needed / drops per roll rounded up. It handles the three trade pattern-match types — free, straight and half-drop offset — because a pattern repeat forces each drop to be cut to a whole number of repeats and can add several rolls to the same room. Use it before you order, when a discontinued batch means a second order is not an option.
How to use Wallpaper Calculator
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Open Wallpaper Calculator on AltFTool — it loads instantly in your browser.
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Pick a Measurement unit, choose whether to Measure the walls as a whole room or one wall run, then enter Wall height and Full-height openings, total width.
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Choose the Roll size, such as European standard 10.05 m x 53 cm, and the Pattern match: free, straight, or offset half-drop with its Pattern repeat (cm) and Trim allowance per drop (cm).
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Read Rolls to buy, split into rolls covering the walls plus spares, with Drop length, Full drops per roll, Offcut left on each roll and Waste.
Why use Wallpaper Calculator
Rounds the way rolls actually cut
Drops per roll are rounded down and rolls are rounded up, so you never end up one drop short.
Pattern repeat handled properly
Straight match rounds each drop up to a whole repeat; half-drop match adds the customary extra half repeat first.
Shows the waste
Reports offcut left on each roll, spare drops and total waste percentage, so you can see what the pattern is costing you.
Common use cases
- Papering a 4 m x 3 m bedroom with 2.4 m ceilings and needing to know whether 7 or 9 rolls covers it once the pattern repeat is included.
- Comparing a plain free-match paper against a 64 cm straight-match design to see how much the pattern costs in extra rolls.
- Checking a feature wall with a full-height patio door, so the opening width comes out of the wall run before the drops are counted.
Frequently asked questions
How many rolls of wallpaper do I need for a 4 m by 3 m room?
With 2.4 m ceilings, a free-match paper and a standard 10.05 m x 53 cm roll: the perimeter is 14 m, so 14 / 0.53 = 27 drops; each drop is 2.5 m including trim, so 10.05 / 2.5 = 4 drops per roll; 27 / 4 rounds up to 7 rolls.
How big is a standard roll of wallpaper?
The European standard roll is 10.05 m long and 53 cm wide, which is 5.33 square metres of paper. Wide Euro rolls are 70 cm, and an American single roll is 27 inches wide by about 4.6 m long.
Does pattern repeat change how many rolls I need?
Yes, often by two or three rolls. On a straight match every drop is cut to a whole number of repeats, so a 2.5 m drop with a 64 cm repeat becomes 2.56 m — that drops the yield from 4 drops per roll to 3, taking a 14 m room from 7 rolls to 9.
Should I deduct doors and windows?
Only full-height openings such as patio doors are worth deducting from the wall run; decorators paper past standard windows and doors and trim, because the offcut rarely fits anywhere else. Add one spare roll if the paper is a limited batch.
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