Job takeoff
Kitchen splashback takeoff
Worktop area, tile and adhesive for the run between a counter and the wall units.
A takeoff is the trade word for the shopping list a job produces — every material, and how much of each, worked out by its own cited calculator.
- 3Measurements in
- 3Trades out
Give the job once
Every figure on the right follows these, in the units you choose.
Been given a quote for this job?
Paste it into the kitchen splashback quote check: each line is read against these same calculators — what it leaves out, what it adds, and what to ask.
Check the quoteEvery trade, from those dimensions
then change a dimension, and each line shows what moved.
| Trade | Quantity | |
|---|---|---|
Countertop Area CalculatorWorktop area only; the splashback strip is tiled in the next two rows.
Why this quantity?
Resting on
| 20 sq ft (total) | |
Tile & Grout CalculatorTiles for the strip at the default tile size.
Why this quantity?
Resting on
The waste factor: the calculator's working figure, a trade convention. | 22 tiles | |
Thinset & Tile Adhesive CalculatorAdhesive for the same strip.
Why this quantity?
Resting on
Change any other figure on the Thinset & Tile Adhesive Calculator | 1 bag | |
Countertop Area CalculatorWorktop area only; the splashback strip is tiled in the next two rows.
Why this quantity? | 1.8 m² | |
Tile & Grout CalculatorTiles for the strip at the default tile size.
Why this quantity? | 22 tiles | |
Thinset & Tile Adhesive CalculatorAdhesive for the same strip.
Why this quantity? | 1 bag |
Estimates, not a quote. Each row gives its base, the allowance on top, the adjusted figure and what to order; change an allowance on the row, or open its reasoning to see every figure it rests on. A trade's own page carries what it does not cover — open the one you are about to order against.
Labour and programme
Person-hours for the rows going in, from trade rules of thumb: a range for each piece of work, never a price.
- Countertop Area3.7 h (1.8–7.6)
- Tile & Grout2.0 h (1.3–4.1)
About 5.7 person-hours in all, between 3.1 and 12.
Trade by trade
- Carpenter1 carpenterhalf a day
- Tiler1 tilerhalf a day
About half a day, one trade after another at eight hours a day. Left out: drying and curing, deliveries, inspections, trades overlapping.
1 row carries no hours of its own
- Thinset & Tile Adhesive: counted with Tile & Grout
Labour and programme
Person-hours for the rows going in, from trade rules of thumb: a range for each piece of work, never a price.
- Countertop Area3.6 h (1.8–7.5)
- Tile & Grout2.0 h (1.3–4.0)
About 5.6 person-hours in all, between 3.1 and 11.
Trade by trade
- Carpenter1 carpenterhalf a day
- Tiler1 tilerunder a quarter of a day
About half a day, one trade after another at eight hours a day. Left out: drying and curing, deliveries, inspections, trades overlapping.
1 row carries no hours of its own
- Thinset & Tile Adhesive: counted with Tile & Grout
Setups you have saved
The build-up, the dimensions and any allowance you changed — kept on this device, and reusable on any job. Your prices are not copied in: they stay in your price book, so a setup never holds a stale one.
How far does a budget go?
At your own prices, with this build-up unchanged.
About this job
A splashback is a strip, and strips behave badly in tile arithmetic. The area is small enough that the pack rounding dominates — a 3 m (10 ft) run 600 mm (2 ft) high is about 1.8 m² (19 sq ft), which is one box of most tiles and two boxes of anything you need to cut a lot of. What decides which is the cut at each end and around the sockets, and a socket in the middle of a run can cost four tiles rather than one.
The worktop row is here because the splashback height is measured from it, not from the floor, and because the two are bought together. It carries the counter alone: an upstand or a full-height splash in the worktop material is the alternative to tiling, changes the job entirely and is not priced here.
How each line reads
- Base
- What the calculator gives for these dimensions, before anything is added.
- Allowance
- Cutting waste, a lap or spare stock — named, with where it comes from, and changeable on the row.
- Adjusted
- The base with its allowance on top.
- Order
- What to buy: the adjusted figure in whole boards, bags, rolls or lengths.
The order this happens in
Quantities do not tell you the sequence, and on this job the sequence is where the money goes wrong.
- Fit and level the worktop first — the splashback is measured from what is actually there.
- Mark the socket and switch positions, then plan the setting-out so cuts fall where they will be seen least.
- Check the wall is flat; a bowed wall shows badly over a short height.
- Fix from a level line, not from the worktop, if the worktop is not level.
- Grout, then silicone the worktop junction rather than grouting it — that joint moves.
What this takeoff does not cover
- Cut-outs for the sink and hob, seams, edge profiles and the fabricator's template — the worktop row is gross area only.
- Sockets, switches and the extra cutting each one causes.
- Upstands, trims and end profiles.
- Anything behind a hob, where the material may need to be non-combustible rather than merely wipeable.
Quote check
Been given a quote for this job?
Paste it into the kitchen splashback quote check. Every line of it is read against these same calculators and your measurements. Quantities only, never prices.
What it leaves out
Every line this takeoff has that nothing on the quote reads as.
What it adds
Labour, removal, hire, fees — each named for what it is.
What to ask
One list of questions, ready to copy. Never a verdict.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does the kitchen splashback takeoff give for a typical job?
- Opened at Run length 3 m · Worktop depth 0.6 m · Splashback height 0.6 m, it orders: Countertop Area, 1.8 m²; Tile & Grout, 22 tiles; Thinset & Tile Adhesive, 1 bag. Opened at Run length 10 ft · Worktop depth 2 ft · Splashback height 2 ft: Countertop Area, 20 sq ft (total); Tile & Grout, 22 tiles; Thinset & Tile Adhesive, 1 bag. Every figure follows the dimensions you give it.
- Which calculators does the kitchen splashback takeoff run?
- 3 calculators, one to a line: Countertop Area Calculator, Tile & Grout Calculator, Thinset & Tile Adhesive Calculator. Each has a page of its own with its formula and its sources; the takeoff runs them all on one set of dimensions.
- What does the kitchen splashback takeoff leave out?
- 4 things, each named on this page: Cut-outs for the sink and hob, seams, edge profiles and the fabricator's template; Sockets, switches and the extra cutting each one causes; Upstands, trims and end profiles; Anything behind a hob, where the material may need to be non-combustible rather than merely wipeable.
- Can I check a quote for this job against the takeoff?
- Yes. The kitchen splashback quote check reads a quote's lines against these same calculators and your measurements, and reports what it leaves out, what it adds and what to ask. It reads quantities, never prices.