Free construction and renovation calculators
Buy the right amount, the first time.
Precise calculators for building and renovating every room — tiling, flooring, painting, drywall, concrete, bricks and roofing — plus a 3D tile visualizer. Type your measurements in any unit, then take the results to the shop as a PDF.
Example floor
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Tiles to buy
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Boxes of 4
- 46precise calculators
- 3Dtile visualizer at true scale
- mm → ydany unit, even 3/8 and 12' 6"
- PDFshopping lists for the store
The toolkit
Everything your room needs, measured properly.
Pick a job. Every calculator shows its formula, a worked example and tips from the trade, so you know where each number comes from.
Floors & tiling15
- Tile calculatorTiles and boxes for a floor, tile skirting or a bathroom's floor and walls.
- Bathroom tile calculatorFloor and wall tiles for a bathroom or washroom, minus the door and window, with boxes, adhesive and grout.
- Grout calculatorGrout weight from tile size, thickness and joint width.
- Tile adhesive calculatorTile adhesive (thinset) by tile size and trowel notch, or cement and sand for a mortar bed.
- Flooring calculatorPacks of laminate, vinyl or wood flooring, plus underlay.
- Carpet calculatorRoll length and area of carpet to buy, seams, underlay and gripper strip for a room.
- Backsplash tile calculatorTiles and boxes for a kitchen backsplash or splashback, from the counter run and the height — with adhesive and grout.
- Shower tile calculatorWall tiles and boxes for a shower or shower enclosure, tiled to the ceiling — with adhesive and grout.
- Screed & self-levelling calculatorBags and kilos of self-levelling compound or floor screed for your floor area and depth.
- Heated floor calculatorWatts, amps, circuit size and running cost of electric underfloor heating for your room.
- Epoxy floor calculatorGallons or litres and kits of epoxy floor coating for a garage or floor, from the coverage or the thickness.
- Baseboard / skirting calculatorLength and pieces of baseboard or skirting board.
- Tile & plank cut planWhere to start tiling, plus a printable cut list with offcuts reused — for tiles or laminate planks.
- Tile visualizerSee tile size, colour, pattern and marble or wood looks in a 3D room; count whole and cut tiles.
- Room designerUpload a photo of your room and try new tiles, paint or cupboard colours on it.
Walls & paint10
- Paint calculatorLitres, gallons and tins of paint for walls and ceiling, plus primer and putty.
- Wallpaper calculatorRolls of wallpaper, including pattern repeat.
- Drywall / plasterboard calculatorSheets of drywall or plasterboard for walls and ceiling.
- Wall panelling calculatorHow many wall panels, slat panels, tongue-and-groove boards or sheets you need for a wall.
- Ceiling tile calculatorHow many ceiling tiles, main runners, cross tees, wall angles and hangers a drop ceiling needs.
- Wainscoting calculatorBeadboard or panel wainscoting to chair-rail height: how many planks or panels for your walls, with waste.
- Plaster calculatorBags of skim or undercoat plaster, or cement and sand for cement plaster, for walls or a room.
- Insulation calculatorInsulation thickness for a target R-value, and the rolls, batts or boards to buy.
- U-value calculatorU-value and R-value of a wall, roof or floor from its layers, checked against building rules.
- Caulk calculatorCartridges or tubes of caulk or sealant for a joint, from its length, width and depth.
Concrete & outdoor10
- Concrete calculatorVolume, bags of pre-mix, or cement, sand and crush for a slab, footing or column.
- Cement calculator50 kg cement bags, sand and crush (bajri) for concrete mixed on site — 1:2:4, 1:1.5:3 or your own mix.
- Gravel, sand & soil calculatorVolume, tonnes and bags of gravel, sand, topsoil or mulch.
- Mulch calculatorCubic yards, m³ and bags of mulch or bark for your beds and depth.
- Paver & patio calculatorPavers or slabs for a patio, path or driveway, plus base stone and bedding sand.
- Sod & turf calculatorSod pieces, turf rolls and pallets for a new lawn, plus topsoil.
- Retaining wall calculatorWall blocks, caps, trench size and gravel for a garden retaining wall.
- Asphalt calculatorTons or tonnes of asphalt (tarmac) for a driveway or path.
- Decking calculatorDeck boards, joists, rim joists, hangers and screws for a rectangular deck.
- Fence calculatorPosts, panels, rails, pickets, gates and post concrete — straight runs or several sides.
Building & roofing15
- House construction cost calculator (Pakistan)Grey structure or complete house cost per sq ft for a marla or kanal plot, with cement, steel, bricks, sand and crush.
- Brick & block calculatorBricks or blocks for a wall, and the mortar as cement bags and sand.
- Roofing calculatorRoof area from pitch, squares and shingle bundles — or roof tiles and slates.
- Roof tile calculatorRoof tiles or slates per m², battens, ridge tiles, nails and roof weight from the batten gauge.
- Roof pitch calculatorRoof pitch as X in 12, degrees and percent, plus the rafter length with overhang.
- Solar panel calculatorHow many solar panels you need, the system size in kW, roof area, yearly output, savings and payback.
- Siding calculatorSiding or cladding area, squares and boxes or boards, with gable ends and openings.
- Gutter calculatorGutter sections, downspouts, hangers and fittings for your roof edges.
- Board foot calculatorBoard feet, cubic feet or m³ and the cost of lumber or timber, from the size and number of pieces.
- Cut list optimizerPlan plywood, MDF or timber cuts with the least waste: sheets to buy, cut order and offcuts.
- Floor joist span calculatorHow far a 2×6 to 2×12 floor joist can span by species, grade and spacing, the IRC way.
- Log volume calculatorVolume of round logs in m³ or cubic feet, board feet by the Doyle, Scribner and International rules.
- Rebar calculatorBars to buy, total length and weight of rebar for a slab grid, with laps and stock lengths.
- Stair calculatorRisers, treads and angle, checked against US, UK, European, Australian, Indian and Pakistani rules.
- Quote maker for tradespeopleA clean PDF quote with your logo, labour and materials, and the right VAT — free, no sign-up.
Measuring & comfort8
- 3D floor plannerDraw your home in 2D, see it in 3D and walk through it — with furniture, floors, a roof and the materials for every room.
- Square footage calculatorArea of any room made of rectangles, triangles and circles.
- Marla calculatorMarla and kanal to square feet, square yards, m² and acres — with the 225 or 272¼ sq ft marla.
- Cubic yard & cubic metre calculatorCubic yards, m³, cubic feet and litres for any rectangle, circle or triangle — plus weight.
- Unit converterLength, weight, area, volume, gallons, °C to °F and BTU: every metric and imperial unit at once.
- BTU calculatorWhat size air conditioner a room needs, in BTU/h, kW and tons — for mild, hot and very hot climates.
- Heat pump size calculatorWhat size heat pump a home or room needs: heat loss in kW and BTU/h from floor area, insulation and climate.
- AC ton calculatorWhat size split AC a room needs in 40–50 °C summers: 1, 1.5 or 2 ton — for Pakistan, India and the Gulf.
New · 3D floor planner
Design your whole home, in 2D and 3D, free.
Draw each room to its real size and add doors, windows, furniture, stairs, floors and a roof. Then turn the house round in 3D, walk through it, and get every tile, tin of paint and brick it needs.
- Rooms, doors and windows snap together, with walls between them
- 32 pieces of furniture at real size, up to 6 floors, a flat, gable or hip roof
- A 3D view and a walk-through, up and down the stairs
- A shopping list for every finish, plus bricks, cement and steel to build it
3D tile visualizer
See the floor before you buy a single tile.
Choose a tile size, colour, grout and pattern. The visualizer lays it out at true scale in a 3D room, then counts the whole and cut tiles for your own floor.
- Six patterns, from a straight grid to herringbone
- Any tile colour, grout colour and finish
- Whole and cut tiles counted for your room
Pattern
Colour
New · Room designer
Try it on a photo of your own room.
Upload a photo, mark the floor, a wall or a cupboard, and see new tiles, paint or your own laminate on it — in perspective, with your room's own light and shadows. The photo never leaves your device.
- Tiles, wood and marble laid in true perspective
- Paint colours and your own tile or sheet photos
- Before / after slider and image download
How it works
From tape measure to shopping list.
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Measure
Type your sizes in whatever unit is on your tape: metres, centimetres, feet and inches, even fractions.
- 2
Calculate
Results update as you type, with the right spare for cuts and a check against building rules where it matters.
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Take it with you
Download a clean PDF or spreadsheet, or collect several jobs in one project shopping list.
Why RoomCalcs
Built like a tool, not a guess.
Sourced, tested formulas
Every formula is written down with its source and checked against hand-worked examples before it goes live.
Every unit you use
Mix millimetres, centimetres, metres, inches, feet and yards in one form. Results show metric and imperial side by side.
PDF and spreadsheet
A neat report with your measurements, results and notes, ready to print or send to your tradesperson.
One list per project
Add tiles, grout, adhesive and paint from different calculators and download them together.
Private by design
No sign-up and no tracking. Your numbers never leave your device.
Honest defaults
Rules of thumb are labelled and editable, and they lean towards not running short.
Guides
DIY guides and material tables
Plain answers to the questions people ask before they buy materials, each with a table worked out by the calculator it links to.
- Guide5 marla and 10 marla house plans – free layouts you can change in 3DA 25 × 45 ft 5 marla plan with 2 bedrooms, TV lounge, drawing room and car porch, and a 35 × 65 ft 10 marla plan. Open either one free and change it.October 21, 2026 · 4 min read
- GuideHow many bricks, how much cement and steel to build a house?Measure the walls along their middle, count shared walls once, add footings, slabs and plaster. A worked two-bedroom example in 9-inch brick with 50 kg bags.October 18, 2026 · 4 min read
- GuideHow many sheets of plywood do I need? Plan the cuts, not just the areaDivide your parts' area by the sheet for the minimum, then plan the cuts. With a 1/8 in blade a 4 × 8 sheet gives nine 12 × 24 in shelves, not sixteen.October 18, 2026 · 7 min read
- GuideHow to draw a floor plan of your home for free, with 3D and a materials listMeasure each room inside, draw the rooms and push them together, add doors and windows, then see the home in 3D and get every material. Free, no sign-up.October 18, 2026 · 5 min read
- GuideHow to measure a room for flooring, tiles and paintFloor = length × width. Walls = perimeter × height, less doors and windows. Skirting = perimeter less the doorways. Worked for a 12 × 10 ft and a 4 × 3 m room.October 18, 2026 · 5 min read
- GuideHow to write a quote for building work, with the right VATA quote is a fixed price for the work it describes, so spell out the job, labour and materials apart, the VAT rate, what is excluded and how long it holds.October 18, 2026 · 5 min read
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Questions
Good to know
Are the calculators really free?
Yes. Every calculator, the tile visualizer and the PDF downloads are free, with no account and no limits.
How accurate are the results?
The maths is exact and tested, but a result can only be as good as your measurements and the product figures you enter. Coverage, bag yields and pack sizes vary, so check the label, measure twice and keep the suggested spare.
Which units can I use?
Any common unit: millimetres, centimetres, metres, inches, feet and yards, plus litres, US and UK gallons, kilograms, pounds and tonnes. You can type fractions such as 3/8 or feet and inches such as 12' 6", and switch any box on its own.
Can I save, print or share my results?
Yes. Download a PDF or a spreadsheet (CSV) of any calculation, print it, copy a link that reopens it, or add it to your project shopping list.
How much extra material should I buy?
It depends on the job: typically about 10 % for tiles in a straight layout and 15 % for diagonal or herringbone, 5–10 % for flooring and around 10 % for concrete. Each calculator fills in a sensible figure that you can change.
Do you store what I type?
No. Everything is calculated in your browser. The only things kept, in your own browser, are your unit and theme choice and your project list, and you can clear them at any time.
Ready when you are.
Start with the job in front of you. Every calculator is free and works on your phone.