Contractor Calculators
Six free calculators for the material takeoff you do before every quote: concrete, paint, drywall, tile, brick and wire. Enter the dimensions, get quantities, then add your own material and labor rates to price the job.
Accurate Material and Cost Calculations
Every tool here works the same way: measurements in, quantities out, then your own prices on top. None of them invent a national average material price, because a price you did not pay is worse than no price — you know what your supplier charges you, and the cost lines only appear once you enter it. Nothing to sign up for, nothing emailed to you.
Concrete Calculator
Yardage, bags and cost for a slab, footing or pour, at your own rates, plus what actually drives the price of a concrete job beyond the ready-mix.
Paint Calculator
Paint quantities and cost for walls and ceilings separately, in gallons, with coats and coverage accounted for, plus what decides an interior or exterior painting price.
Drywall Calculator
Drywall sheets, framing, screws and insulation for a room, by sheet size and waste allowance, plus how drywall repair is priced and why it is not by the square foot.
Tile Calculator
Tiles, boxes and grout for a floor or wall, with the waste allowance that saves the second trip, plus what tile installation costs per square foot and why the rate is not one number.
Drywall Cost Calculator
Price a drywall job: board, compound, tape, screws, hanging and finishing labor, at your own rates, with the cost per square foot at the end.
Concrete Cost Calculator
Price a slab: ready-mix, the short-load fee, gravel base, forms, rebar and finishing labor at your own rates, ending with the cost per square foot.
CMU Block Calculator
Blocks, courses, mortar bags and reinforcement for a concrete block wall, with your own prices on top, plus what a block wall costs once the footing and the steel are counted.
Brick Calculator
Bricks and mortar for a wall, by brick size and joint thickness, plus what a brick wall costs to build once the footing, the bond and the access are priced.
Tile Cost Calculator
Price a tile job: tile, thinset, grout, trim, substrate prep and setting labor at your own rates, with the cost per square foot at the end.
Painting Cost Calculator
Price a painting job: paint, primer, preparation hours, trim, access and sundries at your own rates, interior or exterior, per square foot.
Drywall Repair Calculator
Price a drywall repair the way it is actually quoted: by repair type, hours, trips to the house and your minimum callout charge.
Drywall Mud Calculator
How much joint compound and tape a job takes, by finish level, converted into the boxes, pails and bags you actually buy.
Electrician Calculator
Wire length and cost for a circuit run, by conductor size and material, plus what decides the price of the job: open walls, the number of openings, and what the panel can take.