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Job takeoff

LVP, laminate or engineered floor takeoff

Packs, underlay and levelling compound for a floating floor over an existing subfloor.

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.

  • 2Measurements in
  • 3Trades out

Give the job once

Every figure on the right follows these, in the units you choose.

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Paste it into the laminate or vinyl plank floor quote check: each line is read against these same calculators — what it leaves out, what it adds, and what to ask.

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Every trade, from those dimensions

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then change a dimension, and each line shows what moved.

TradeQuantity
LVP, Laminate & Engineered Floor CalculatorPacks at the default coverage and a simple layout — set both on its own page.
Base
9.06 packs
Layout waste
+0.942 packs · 7%, trade convention
Adjusted
10 packs
Order
10 packs, already whole
Why this quantity?
  1. Base quantity9.06 packscalculatorLVP, Laminate & Engineered Floor Calculator v1.0.2, reported before the layout waste
  2. Layout waste0.942 packsworked outthe adjusted figure less the base: 7% for Simple rectangular room — 7% waste
  3. Adjusted quantity10 packscalculatorLVP, Laminate & Engineered Floor Calculator v1.0.2, headline with the layout waste of 7%
  4. Order quantity10 packsworked out10 packs, already whole

Resting on

  • Floor length16.5 ftgivenyour floor length
  • Floor width13 ftgivenyour floor width
  • Pack coverage23.68 sq ftassumedthe LVP, Laminate & Engineered Floor Calculator's default
  • Room and lay: Simple rectangular room — 7% wasteassumedthe LVP, Laminate & Engineered Floor Calculator's default

The layout waste: the calculator's working figure, a trade convention.

Change any other figure on the LVP, Laminate & Engineered Floor Calculator

10 packs
Laminate/Vinyl Plank Floor Underlayment Roll CalculatorUnderlay rolls for the same area.
Base
3 rolls
Allowance
+0 rolls · none added
Adjusted
3 rolls
Order
3 rolls, already whole
Why this quantity?
  1. Base quantity3 rollscalculatorLaminate/Vinyl Plank Floor Underlayment Roll Calculator v1.1.1, headline
  2. Allowance0 rollsworked outnone: the calculator adds no allowance, and none was added
  3. Adjusted quantity3 rollsworked outthe base plus the allowance
  4. Order quantity3 rollsworked out3 rolls, already whole

Resting on

  • Floor length16.5 ftgivenyour floor length
  • Floor width13 ftgivenyour floor width
  • Roll Coverage Area100 sq ftassumedthe Laminate/Vinyl Plank Floor Underlayment Roll Calculator's default

Change any other figure on the Laminate/Vinyl Plank Floor Underlayment Roll Calculator

3 rolls
Self-Leveling Underlayment (SLU) Volume CalculatorLevelling compound at the default average depth — measure your own dips before ordering.
Base
33.43 gal
Allowance
+0 gal · none added
Adjusted
33.43 gal
Order
33.43 gal (no pack size recorded)
Why this quantity?
  1. Base quantity33.43 galcalculatorSelf-Leveling Underlayment (SLU) Volume Calculator v1.0.1, headline
  2. Allowance0 galworked outnone: the calculator adds no allowance, and none was added
  3. Adjusted quantity33.43 galworked outthe base plus the allowance
  4. Order quantity33.43 galworked out33.43 gal (no pack size recorded)

Resting on

  • Floor length16.5 ftgivenyour floor length
  • Floor width13 ftgivenyour floor width
  • Average Pour Depth0.25 inassumedthe Self-Leveling Underlayment (SLU) Volume Calculator's default

Change any other figure on the Self-Leveling Underlayment (SLU) Volume Calculator

33.43 gal
LVP, Laminate & Engineered Floor CalculatorPacks at the default coverage and a simple layout — set both on its own page.
Base
9.09 packs
Layout waste
+0.9091 packs · 7%, trade convention
Adjusted
10 packs
Order
10 packs, already whole
Why this quantity?
10 packs
Laminate/Vinyl Plank Floor Underlayment Roll CalculatorUnderlay rolls for the same area.
Base
3 rolls
Allowance
+0 rolls · none added
Adjusted
3 rolls
Order
3 rolls, already whole
Why this quantity?
3 rolls
Self-Leveling Underlayment (SLU) Volume CalculatorLevelling compound at the default average depth — measure your own dips before ordering.
Base
120 L
Allowance
+0 L · none added
Adjusted
120 L
Order
120 L (no pack size recorded)
Why this quantity?
120 L

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.

  • LVP, Laminate & Engineered Floor5.6 h (3.0–11)
  • Self-Leveling Underlayment (SLU) Volume4.4 h (2.4–9.0)

About 10.0 person-hours in all, between 5.4 and 20.

Trade by trade

  1. Floor layer1 floor layerhalf a day
  2. Plasterer1 plasterer + 1 labourerhalf a day

About 1 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
  • Laminate/Vinyl Plank Floor Underlayment Roll: counted with LVP, Laminate & Engineered Floor

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.

  • LVP, Laminate & Engineered Floor5.6 h (3.0–11)
  • Self-Leveling Underlayment (SLU) Volume4.4 h (2.4–9.0)

About 10 person-hours in all, between 5.4 and 20.

Trade by trade

  1. Floor layer1 floor layerhalf a day
  2. Plasterer1 plasterer + 1 labourerhalf a day

About 1 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
  • Laminate/Vinyl Plank Floor Underlayment Roll: counted with LVP, Laminate & Engineered Floor

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 floating floor is bought by the pack and laid by the room, and the gap between those two facts is the whole estimate. Packs cover a stated area, boards come in a fixed length, and the offcut at the end of each row only starts the next row if it is long enough to be worth starting one with — which is why a complex room with bays and returns takes materially more than its area, and a plain rectangle takes barely more than the pack rounding.

The levelling row is the one that decides whether the floor is quiet. A floating floor bridges a dip rather than following it, and every bridged dip is a click underfoot for as long as the floor is down. Three millimetres over two metres is the usual tolerance, and a floor that fails it needs compound before it needs boards — which is a bagged product, a drying time and a day, not an afterthought.

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.

  1. Let the boards acclimatise in the room, unopened, for as long as the maker says.
  2. Check the subfloor with a straightedge and level anything outside tolerance.
  3. Lay the underlay, taped at the joints, with the moisture barrier the right way up if it has one.
  4. Set out so the last row is not a sliver — measure the room and split the difference across the first and last.
  5. Keep the expansion gap at every edge, including around pipes and door frames.
  6. Trim last, fixed to the skirting or the wall and never to the floor.

What this takeoff does not cover

  • The expansion gap's cover: beading, thresholds and door bars, all of which are lengths rather than areas.
  • Removing what is there now, and disposing of it.
  • Trimming door bottoms, which almost every floating floor needs and which is a joinery job.
  • Underfloor heating compatibility — board thickness, underlay and the maker's maximum surface temperature all interact, and none of them is derived from an area.

Quote check

Been given a quote for this job?

Paste it into the laminate or vinyl plank floor quote check. Every line of it is read against these same calculators and your measurements. Quantities only, never prices.

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  • 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 laminate or vinyl plank floor takeoff give for a typical job?
Opened at Floor length 5 m · Floor width 4 m, it orders: LVP, Laminate & Engineered Floor, 10 packs; Laminate/Vinyl Plank Floor Underlayment Roll, 3 rolls; Self-Leveling Underlayment (SLU) Volume, 120 L. Opened at Floor length 16.5 ft · Floor width 13 ft: LVP, Laminate & Engineered Floor, 10 packs; Laminate/Vinyl Plank Floor Underlayment Roll, 3 rolls; Self-Leveling Underlayment (SLU) Volume, 33.4 gal. Every figure follows the dimensions you give it.
Which calculators does the laminate or vinyl plank floor takeoff run?
3 calculators, one to a line: LVP, Laminate & Engineered Floor Calculator, Laminate/Vinyl Plank Floor Underlayment Roll Calculator, Self-Leveling Underlayment (SLU) Volume 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 laminate or vinyl plank floor takeoff leave out?
4 things, each named on this page: The expansion gap's cover; Removing what is there now, and disposing of it; Trimming door bottoms, which almost every floating floor needs and which is a joinery job; Underfloor heating compatibility.
Can I check a quote for this job against the takeoff?
Yes. The laminate or vinyl plank floor 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.