What quantities does a stud partition job need?

It depends on the measurements, so this page asks for yours. At the size it opens on — Wall length 4 m · Wall height 2.4 m · Doors / openings 1 — the lines come to: Framing Stud, 15–18 studs; Drywall Joint Compound, 4.84–5.3 kg; Outlet Spacing, 2 outlets (minimum). In imperial units — Wall length 13 ft · Wall height 8 ft · Doors / openings 1 — they come to: Framing Stud, 15–18 studs; Drywall Joint Compound, 1 x 4.5 gal box; Outlet Spacing, 2 outlets (minimum).

Which line on a stud partition quote varies the most?

The Framing Stud: 15–18 studs for a job measured Wall length 4 m · Wall height 2.4 m · Doors / openings 1, depending on how much is allowed for loss over the net figure, up to 15%.

What does a stud partition quote often leave out?

The reading names every line of the job that nothing on the quote reads as — any of the 3 lines the takeoff measures. The takeoff also lists 5 things it does not measure, shown under the reading, and each is worth asking about: a scope missing from a quote tends to become a cost after work has started.

Can I paste the quote exactly as it came?

Yes — from an email, a PDF or a spreadsheet, one item to a line. Amounts of money are taken out before anything is read, headings and totals are skipped, and each line is shown with what it was read as, so a misreading is one correction. Quantities in the other unit system are converted and the conversion is shown; a count of boxes is never compared with a count of tiles.

Does this check the price as well?

No. It reads quantities, never prices, and this site publishes none: an installed price moves with the market, the season, the access and the specification, so a figure for what the work ought to cost would give you confidence in a number nobody can defend. A quantity against your own measurements is checkable, and every figure here links to the calculator that produced it.

Quote check

Check a stud partition quote

Paste the quote you were given and enter your measurements. Every line is read against the job: what the quote leaves out, what it adds, which quantities sit outside the computed range, and what to ask. Quantities only — never prices.

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How the quote is read

Each line of a stud partition quote is matched to the line of the job it names, or marked as something the Stud partition takeoff does not measure — labour, removal, hire, fees, or anything else.

The job’s own figures come from 3 measurements — wall length, wall height, doors / openings — run through the same calculators as the takeoff, so the two give the same figure for the same job.

Reading a stud partition quote

A partition is often quoted as one price per wall, with framing, boarding and finishing inside it.

The stud count here is at the spacing shown, and includes the king and jack studs at each opening, though not the header or cripples; a builder framing closer behind tiles or a heavy fixing is making a choice rather than a slip. The outlet line counts the wall as a single stretch, so a quote with one more at a doorway can still be at the code minimum, and one with more than that is adding outlets you may well want.

Three steps

Give your measurements. The page opens on a typical job so it has something to show.
Paste the quote's lines as they came, or add them one at a time. Leave the prices in — they are taken out, never read.
Read the report: what is left out, what is added, what sits outside the range, and one list of questions to send.

Your quote

The stud partition quote you were given

Paste from an email, or open or drop a PDF, Excel, CSV or text file, or a photo of the quote. Amounts of money are taken out before anything is read — this page compares quantities, never prices.

Nothing you paste or open leaves this device.

or one the job needs:

The reading

What the quote says, against the job

Stud partition · Wall length 13 ft · Wall height 8 ft · Doors / openings 1Wall length 4 m · Wall height 2.4 m · Doors / openings 1

What it leaves out
Every line the job needs that nothing on the quote reads as, with the quantity your measurements produce.
What it adds
Lines this job's takeoff does not measure — labour, removal, hire, fees, anything else — each named for what it is.
What sits outside the range
Quantities above or below the computed range, by how much, in the quote's unit or converted and shown.
What to ask
One list of questions, in the quote's order, ready to copy and send. Questions, never a verdict.

Paste the quote above, or add its lines one at a time. The reading appears here as each line is read.

Outside what this takeoff measures

Nothing in the reading measures these. Whether the quote covers each is worth asking in its own right: a scope missing from a quote tends to become a cost after work has started. Why each is left out is on the takeoff.

The boards themselves
Head and base plates, about twice the wall length in timber; the header and cripples at each opening; and extra studs at corners and junctions
Acoustic or fire performance
Door linings, casings, ironmongery and the door
Everything electrical beyond the outlet count

The reference

Every line the reading looks for

For Wall length 13 ft · Wall height 8 ft · Doors / openings 1Wall length 4 m · Wall height 2.4 m · Doors / openings 1. Each is the calculator linked under it, run with those measurements; a range is that calculator at both ends of one choice, not a margin for error.

Framing Stud
15–18 studs
Studs are counted at the spacing with nothing spare, and a bowed or split one is set aside rather than used. 15 net, 18 with 15% added.
Open the Framing Stud Calculator
Drywall Joint Compound
1 x 4.5 gal box
The same at 5% pan and sanding loss and at 15%, once rounded to what is bought.
Open the Drywall Joint Compound Calculator
Outlet Spacing
at least 2 outlets (minimum)
A starting count for the whole perimeter as one wall space; each doorway or fireplace starts a new space, so the code minimum can be higher.
Open the Outlet Spacing Calculator

Framing Stud
15–18 studs
Studs are counted at the spacing with nothing spare, and a bowed or split one is set aside rather than used. 15 net, 18 with 15% added.
Open the Framing Stud Calculator
Drywall Joint Compound
4.84–5.3 kg
4.84 at 5% pan and sanding loss, 5.3 at 15%.
Open the Drywall Joint Compound Calculator
Outlet Spacing
at least 2 outlets (minimum)
A starting count for the whole perimeter as one wall space; each doorway or fireplace starts a new space, so the code minimum can be higher.
Open the Outlet Spacing Calculator

How the ranges are taken

Where the choice is cutting waste, the ends are the site’s own allowances: 5%, the tight buffer of a crew with a planned set-out, and 15%, the wider one a first-timer orders. Where the calculator decides between patterns or materials, the ends are the options it offers. Where it adds nothing for loss, the range runs from the net quantity to 15% over it.

A minimum — the fewest hangers a spacing allows, the least airflow a room needs — has no upper end. A single figure carries an allowance the material itself needs, such as a lap, and names it.

What a reading like this cannot see

It does not know your prices, your market, or what the work ought to cost.
It does not know the building — the access, the condition of what is there, or what has to happen first.
It cannot check a lump sum, because there is no quantity in one.
A line it reads as missing may be priced under another name. A quantity outside the range is not evidence of anything. Each is a reason to ask a question.
Two quotes are not comparable until their scopes are.
It is not advice, and it is no substitute for a second quote.

The full takeoff

Every quantity for this job, with its working

The Stud partition takeoff runs the same calculators on the same measurements and shows what sits under each line here.

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Base, allowance, order
Each line's quantity before and after its allowance, and what to buy.
Every allowance editable
Change a waste figure and the order follows, with its source named.
Into a project
Add the whole job to a workspace with your own prices.

Frequently asked questions

What quantities does a stud partition job need?: It depends on the measurements, so this page asks for yours. At the size it opens on — Wall length 4 m · Wall height 2.4 m · Doors / openings 1 — the lines come to: Framing Stud, 15–18 studs; Drywall Joint Compound, 4.84–5.3 kg; Outlet Spacing, 2 outlets (minimum). In imperial units — Wall length 13 ft · Wall height 8 ft · Doors / openings 1 — they come to: Framing Stud, 15–18 studs; Drywall Joint Compound, 1 x 4.5 gal box; Outlet Spacing, 2 outlets (minimum).
Which line on a stud partition quote varies the most?: The Framing Stud: 15–18 studs for a job measured Wall length 4 m · Wall height 2.4 m · Doors / openings 1, depending on how much is allowed for loss over the net figure, up to 15%.
What does a stud partition quote often leave out?: The reading names every line of the job that nothing on the quote reads as — any of the 3 lines the takeoff measures. The takeoff also lists 5 things it does not measure, shown under the reading, and each is worth asking about: a scope missing from a quote tends to become a cost after work has started.
Can I paste the quote exactly as it came?: Yes — from an email, a PDF or a spreadsheet, one item to a line. Amounts of money are taken out before anything is read, headings and totals are skipped, and each line is shown with what it was read as, so a misreading is one correction. Quantities in the other unit system are converted and the conversion is shown; a count of boxes is never compared with a count of tiles.
Does this check the price as well?: No. It reads quantities, never prices, and this site publishes none: an installed price moves with the market, the season, the access and the specification, so a figure for what the work ought to cost would give you confidence in a number nobody can defend. A quantity against your own measurements is checkable, and every figure here links to the calculator that produced it.