Contents Pack-Out Volume, Boxes, and Storage
Turns an affected room's contents into the boxes, climate storage, and truck loads a pack-out requires.
Example
You enter
- Affected floor area (ft²) 200
- Contents volume per floor area (ft³/ft²) 2
- Usable volume per box (ft³) 3
- Warehouse stacking allowance 1.5
- Box-truck cargo volume (ft³) 1000
You get
- Contents volume 400 ft^3
- Boxes 134
- Storage volume 600 ft^3
- Truck loads 1 load(s)
Checked against published worked examples from: Restoration estimating practice (ANSI/IICRC S500/S700).
Details, formula, and sources
ScopeThe contents volume from a density per floor area, the box count, the storage volume with a warehouse stacking allowance, and the truck loads. Serious fire and water losses begin with a pack-out so the structure can be cleaned and dried. The actual inventory and box mix govern; the densities are starting rules of thumb. An estimating screen.
Formula or tablecontents_volume_ft3 = floor_area_ft2 x contents_ft3_per_ft2; boxes = ceil(contents_volume_ft3 / box_volume_ft3); storage_volume_ft3 = contents_volume_ft3 x stacking_factor; truck_loads = ceil(storage_volume_ft3 / truck_volume_ft3).
Source and editionVolume-based pack-out estimating method, by name; restoration estimating practice (ANSI/IICRC S500/S700). Field-estimating arithmetic, not edition-bound.
Free accessThe pack-out estimate is public estimating arithmetic; the densities are common restoration rules of thumb.
What governsEstimate. AHJ and licensed professional govern.
API field namesfloor_area_ft2, contents_ft3_per_ft2, box_volume_ft3, stacking_factor, truck_volume_ft3, contents_volume_ft3, boxes, storage_volume_ft3, truck_loads
- Contents density 2 ft^3 of contents per ft^2 of floor is a furnished-room rule of thumb; the actual inventory governsrestoration estimating practice
- Stacking allowance a 1.5 factor reserves warehouse aisle and stacking space beyond the raw contents volumerestoration estimating practice