Know what to buy before you go to the store
Enter your room once. Planicalc figures paint, wallpaper, flooring and baseboard, rounds to the sizes sold at the store and adds extra for cuts.
Plan the whole remodel- Walls
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- Floor
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- Paint, 2 coats
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- Wallpaper
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- Laminate
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- Baseboard
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One door and one window are taken off the walls.
Calculators for every stage of the job
Walls and ceilings4
- PaintFind out how many gallons of paint you need for walls and ceiling and which containers to buy.
- WallpaperWork out how many rolls to buy, including pattern matching.
- Plaster and joint compoundFigure the dry mix for leveling walls: gypsum plaster, Portland cement plaster or joint compound.
- DrywallPlan a wall: drywall sheets, studs, plates and screws in one go.
Floors and radiant heat4
- TileCount tiles and boxes for a floor or wall, plus thinset and grout.
- Laminate flooringCount flooring cartons, underlayment and baseboard for a room in one step.
- Floor levelingFigure the dry mix for leveling a floor: self-leveling underlayment or a sand-cement bed.
- Radiant floor heatingWork out the mat, cable or PEX tubing for radiant floor heat and what it costs to run each month.
Footings and masonry4
- ConcreteFind the cubic yards for a slab or footing and how many bags of concrete mix to buy.
- FootingsConcrete, rebar, stirrups, forms and gravel for a continuous footing in one calculation.
- RebarWork out a slab grid or rebar weight and how many 20 ft bars to buy.
- Bricks and CMUCalculate modular bricks or concrete blocks for a wall and the mortar to lay them.
Roofing, framing and insulation4
- InsulationCount batts, bags and foam boards for walls, attics, floors and exterior insulation.
- RoofingFind the roof area in squares and how many bundles, sheets and rolls to buy.
- Lumber and board feetConvert pieces to board feet and linear feet and price a lumber order.
- StairsFind the number of risers, riser height and tread depth for comfortable stairs that fit the code.
Yard and landscaping2
Heating and energy2
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Remodeling the whole house?
Add every room once and get one shopping list. Quantities are rounded for the whole job, not room by room, so you buy less.
Why you can rely on these numbers
- Formulas in plain view
Every page shows the formula and a worked example, so you can check the math yourself.
- US sizes and units
Feet and inches, gallons, 80 lb bags, 4×8 sheets, 2×4s, #4 rebar and bundles of shingles, the way stores sell them.
- Rounded like a contractor
Results are rounded up to whole cans, bags, sheets and bundles, with extra for cuts and waste.
- Checked by a builder
The calculators are written and tested by a person trained in construction.