One job, one calculator, every step

• A single-car gravel driveway, in tons and yards

  US · imperial first

  Gravel for a single-car driveway 60 by 10 ft

  Gravel Calculator: 12 US short tons

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• A water service trench, in loose backfill

  US · imperial first

  Backfill for a 60 ft water service trench from the street to the house

  Trench Excavation & Backfill Volume Calculator: 11.7 yd³

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• A garden shed base, in cubic metres

  UK · metric first

  Concrete for a garden shed base 3.6 by 2.4 m, 10 cm deep

  Concrete Calculator: 0.9504 m³

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• A rectangular slab, in cubic yards

  US · imperial first

  Concrete for a 20 by 30 ft slab, 4 in thick

  Concrete Calculator: 8.148 yd³

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• A garage base, in sheets of steel mesh

  UK · metric first

  Welded steel mesh for a 6 by 4 m single garage base

  Welded Wire Mesh Calculator — Reinforcing Mesh Sheets for a Slab: 3 sheets

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• A garage slab's grid, in stock lengths of bar

  US · imperial first

  Rebar for a 24 by 24 ft garage slab on a square grid

  Rebar Calculator: 47 x 20 ft sticks

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• An extension's flank wall, in facing bricks

  UK · metric first

  Facing bricks for the flank wall of a single-storey extension, 6.5 by 2.6 m

  Brick Calculator: 1,052 bricks

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• A batch of Type N mortar, in cement, lime and sand

  US · imperial first

  Cement, lime and sand for 20 ft³ of site-mixed Type N mortar

  Mortar Mix Calculator (ASTM C270 Types M, S, N, O): 22 ft³

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• An exterior wall's plates and headers, in lineal feet

  US · imperial first

  Plates, headers and the extra studs of a 24 ft exterior wall with two windows and a door

  Wall Plates, Headers and Cripples Calculator (Sole Plate, Head Binder, Lintel and Corner Studs): 121.4 ft

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• A straight partition wall, in studs

  US · imperial first

  Studs for a 20 ft interior basement wall with one door

  Framing Stud Calculator: 20 studs

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• An L-shaped hip and valley roof, measured

  US · imperial first

  The roof area and edge lengths of an L-shaped house with a hipped main roof and a gabled wing

  L-Shaped and T-Shaped Roof Calculator (Area, Ridges, Hips, Valleys, Eaves and Rakes): 1,771 sq ft

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• A semi's roof re-covered, in tiles and battens

  UK · metric first

  Concrete interlocking roof tiles for re-covering a 81 m² two-slope roof

  Roof Tile and Slate Calculator (Gauge, Battens and Ridge Tiles): 836 tiles

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• A low-pitch garage roof, in squares and bundles

  US · imperial first

  Shingles for a detached garage roof 24 by 24 ft on plan, at a 4/12 pitch

  Roofing Shingle Calculator: 6.679 squares

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• A gable roof, in squares and bundles

  US · imperial first

  Shingles for a gable roof 34 by 26 ft on plan, at a 6/12 pitch

  Roofing Shingle Calculator: 11.07 squares

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• A semi's cavity walls, in bales and holes

  UK · metric first

  Blown cavity wall insulation for the gable end and rear wall of a semi-detached house

  Cavity Wall & Stud Bay Insulation Fill Calculator: 7 bags

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• A rectangular room's walls, in sheets

  US · imperial first

  Drywall for the walls of a 12 by 10 ft room with 8 ft walls

  Drywall Calculator: 11 sheets (4x8 ft)

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• A bedroom reboarded, in plasterboard sheets

  UK · metric first

  Plasterboard for the walls of a 4.2 by 3.3 m bedroom

  Drywall Calculator: 13 sheets (2400x1200 mm)

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• A living room skimmed, in bags of finish plaster

  UK · metric first

  Finish plaster to skim 42 m² of living room walls

  Skim Coat Plaster Calculator: 120.7 kg

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• A small bathroom floor, in tiles and boxes

  US · imperial first

  Floor tile for a 40 sq ft bathroom in a plank tile laid in an offset bond

  Floor & Wall Tile Calculator: 23 tiles

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• A tiled bathroom wall, in kilograms of grout

  UK · metric first

  Grout for 8.5 m² of bathroom wall tiled in 600 mm by 300 mm porcelain

  Grout Calculator: 1.336 kg

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• A bedroom's walls, in litres of paint

  UK · metric first

  Paint for the walls of a 4 by 3.5 m bedroom, 2 coats

  Paint Calculator: 6.246 L

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• A living room repainted, in gallons

  US · imperial first

  Paint for the walls of an 18 by 14 ft living room with 9 ft walls

  Paint Calculator: 2.794 gal

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• A backyard deck, in deck boards

  US · imperial first

  Deck boards for a 16 by 12 ft deck off the back of a house

  Deck Board Calculator: 26 boards

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• An asphalt core, in percent of maximum density

  US · imperial first

  In-place density of an asphalt core taken from an under-rolled edge of a new mat

  Asphalt In-Place Density (Percent of Gmm) Calculator: 89.93 %

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Looking for a whole job?

These pages run one calculator. For a bathroom, a deck or a driveway taken off from the first measurement, with every calculator in the order the work is done, see the whole-job worked examples.