--- title: "Wallpaper calculator: rolls, cutting plan | Mr Wallcover" url: https://www.mrwallcover.com/calculator/ description: "Work out how many rolls of wallpaper to order, see how every drop is cut from the rolls, and get the primer, lining and paste. A quantity, not a price." author: "Dorin Burcus" last_reviewed: 2026-10-09 --- Calculator # Wallpaper calculator Choose the roll, then enter the wall's width and height. The calculator cuts every drop from the rolls as we would on site, and gives you the order with a spare, the cutting plan, and the primer, lining and paste to go with it. It gives a quantity to order, not a set-out, and never a price. [Try the worked example](https://www.mrwallcover.com/calculator/?f=other-roll&rw=55&rl=10&m=straight&r=65&ms=wall&w=230x265#calculator-heading)230 × 265 cm wall · 65 cm straight repeat ## Roll calculator The calculator needs JavaScript. Our guide to [how much wallpaper to order](https://www.mrwallcover.com/advice/quantities/) shows the same method by hand, or [send us your measurements](https://www.mrwallcover.com/contact/?intent=install). 1 The wallpaper Roll size Rolls - Standard roll, 53 cm × 10.05 m - 50 cm × 10 m - 52 cm × 10 m - 52 cm × 10.05 m - 53 cm × 10 m - 60 cm × 10 m - 68.5 cm × 10 m - 68.5 cm × 8.22 m - 68.6 cm × 10.05 m - 70 cm × 10 m - 70 cm × 10.05 m - 70 cm × 8.5 m - 86 cm × 7.2 m - 90 cm × 9 m - 100 cm × 10 m - 106 cm × 10 m - 106 cm × 10.05 m - Another size: type it below US double rolls, priced by the single roll - 20.5 in × 33 ft (52.1 cm × 10.06 m) - 21 in × 33 ft (53.3 cm × 10.06 m) - 27 in × 27 ft (68.6 cm × 8.23 m) - 27 in × 11 yd (68.6 cm × 10.06 m) - 36 in × 24 ft (91.4 cm × 7.32 m) - Another size: type it below Sets of rolls, sold together - 52 cm × 3 m, 3 rolls a set - Another size: type it below Bolts: grasscloth and natural weaves - 36 in × 8 yd (91.4 cm × 7.32 m) - Another size: type it below Wide contract, sold by the metre - 130 cm × 30 m, 5 cm overlap - 130 cm × 50 m, 6 cm overlap - 100 cm - 135 cm - 137 cm × 27 m - Another size: type it below Wide contract, sold by the yard - 52 in × 30 yd (132.1 cm × 27.43 m) - 54 in (137.2 cm) - Another size: type it below Made-to-measure murals - Made-to-measure mural, by the m² Scenic and panel sets - Scenic or panel set Not sure? Leave the standard roll and free match: the result says what it assumed. Type the width and length as they are printed, in centimetres or inches, metres, feet or yards. Width Width unit - cm - in Roll length Length unit - m - ft - yd Overlap at each joint, cm Wide goods are usually overlapped and cut through. Use the overlap on the maker's sheet, or 0 for butt joints. Rolls in each set Pattern match - Free match, or plain - Reverse hang - Straight match - Half-drop - Third drop - Quarter drop Pattern repeat Repeat unit - cm - in Margin the mural maker asks you to add, cm Use the maker's stated margin. Enter 0 only when the maker says no extra margin is needed. See how the pattern matches **Free match** There is no pattern to line up across the joins. Each length can start independently. Illustrative · three adjacent lengths, not a cutting plan. Follow the product label. **Reverse hang** Alternate lengths turn through 180°. Use this only when the maker asks for it; the arrows show the hanging direction. Illustrative · three adjacent lengths, not a cutting plan. Follow the product label. **Straight match** The same point in the design meets at the same height on every length. Illustrative · three adjacent lengths, not a cutting plan. Follow the product label. **Half-drop** The next length starts half a repeat lower. The third length returns to the first pattern position. Illustrative · three adjacent lengths, not a cutting plan. Follow the product label. **Third drop** Each next length moves a third of a repeat lower. The pattern returns to its first position on the fourth length. Illustrative · three adjacent lengths, not a cutting plan. Follow the product label. **Quarter drop** Each next length moves a quarter of a repeat lower. The pattern returns to its first position on the fifth length. Illustrative · three adjacent lengths, not a cutting plan. Follow the product label. Know the maker or have the product link? (optional) Maker - Not sure, or another maker - de Gournay - Cole & Son - Farrow & Ball - Fromental (printed non-woven) - Fromental (grasscloth) - Graham & Brown - Muraspec - Phillip Jeffries - Vescom - Tektura Product link 2 The wall or the room What you are measuring One wall Several walls A whole room Measured in cm m inches feet Wall width, cm Height to paper, cm Add another wall Room length, cm Room width, cm Height to paper, cm Height to paper: from the top of the skirting to where the paper stops, at the ceiling, the cornice or the picture rail. A room is counted as one run round its walls. A stairwell, a sloping or curved wall, or a ceiling? We measure those for you: [send us your measurements](https://www.mrwallcover.com/contact/?intent=install&from=calculator). 3Doors, windows, chimney breasts and the walls' condition (optional)Takes out drops over doors and windows; sets the primer and lining. What are the walls like now? - Painted and sound - New plaster or plasterboard - Old paper stripped off - Cracked or patched - Gloss paint or old vinyl - Stains or damp marks - Cement render or blockwork - Not sure Doors, windows and niches Add a window Add a door Add a niche Chimney breast and alcove returns Add a return Each side of a chimney breast or an alcove is a return. Its depth is added to the width of the wall. Anything else about the space? A stairwell A sloping wall or ceiling A curved wall The ceiling Trim at the top, cm Trim at the bottom, cm Work it out ### Your order Diagram: Two measurements to begin An illustrative wall elevation: measure its full width and the height from the skirting to where the wallpaper stops. The drawing is not to scale. Labels: Wall width; Height to paper. Width sets the number of drops. Height sets each cut. Illustrative · not to scale **Working** : **—** **+ Spare** : **—** **= Order** : **—** Type the wall's width and height. Update the measurement to refresh this result. How it counts ## The method, with worked examples. Why width decides the number of drops, how the pattern repeat changes the cut, why we count drops rather than add a percentage, and when doors and windows save a drop: our guide to [how much wallpaper to order](https://www.mrwallcover.com/advice/quantities/) works through it by hand. The materials follow our [preparation tables](https://www.mrwallcover.com/wallpapering/preparation/) and the [lining papers, pastes and primers](https://www.mrwallcover.com/wallpapering/lining-and-adhesives/) we use. [Send us your measurements](https://www.mrwallcover.com/contact/?intent=install) [Read the guide](https://www.mrwallcover.com/advice/quantities/) By [Dorin Burcus](https://www.mrwallcover.com/about/#dorin), founder