Free materials calculators
Work out what a job takes from a few measurements: every line, its waste, and how each number was got. Free, with no sign-in, and nothing you type leaves the page.
Each is an estimate of quantities, never prices: check it against the job, and against your local code where it matters. There are 36, by trade.
HVAC
- Ductless mini-split install The materials and labor to install a ductless system you have already sized: the heads, the line set, the covers, the mount and the disconnect.
Plumbing
- Water heater replacement A gas, electric or tankless water heater swapped in: the venting, the connectors, the expansion tank and pan, haul-away and the install.
Electrical
- Recessed lighting Canless LED lights for a room by its area and fixture size, with dimmers, wire and connectors.
- Basement circuits Breakers, wire, boxes, devices and lights for finishing a basement, from its area and walls.
Pest control
- Perimeter treatment A year of perimeter treatments: the feet treated each visit, the finished spray to mix for the band around the home, and the monitors.
Cleaning
- Residential clean by home size The hours a home takes to clean, from its size, its bedrooms and bathrooms, the kind of clean and how often, with the add-ons.
- Commercial clean by area and visits A month of cleaning for an office or a store: the hours from the cleanable area at a production rate for the kind of space, the restrooms and the visits.
Landscaping
- Sod Sod, topsoil and starter fertilizer for a new lawn, and taking the old one up, from the lawn's area.
- Mulch beds and edging Bulk mulch by the cubic yard at the depth you lay it, fabric, and a cut or steel edge, from the beds' area and edge.
- Seeding and aeration Core aeration, seed at the rate for an overseed or a new lawn, and starter fertilizer, from the lawn's area.
Remodeling
- Basement finish Rigid foam on the foundation, 2x4 walls in front of it, drywall, LVP over insulated subfloor, trim, lighting and outlets: every material line a finished basement takes, from five numbers.
- Drywall hang and finish Sheets, screws, compound, tape and corner bead for walls and ceilings, at the finish level you quote.
- Bathroom tile, floor and shower walls Tile, thinset, grout, backer board and waterproofing for a bathroom floor and shower, by tile size.
- Interior trim and doors Baseboard, prehung doors, casing and hardware for a room or a whole floor.
Roofing
- Asphalt shingle replacement Shingles, starter, ridge cap, underlayment, flashing and the tear-off for a shingle roof, from its squares and its edges.
- Metal roofing Panels, trim, closures and fasteners for a metal roof, standing seam or exposed fastener, from its squares and its edges.
Painting
- Interior rooms Paint, primer, caulk and tape for a room or a whole floor — walls, ceilings, trim and doors — by the coats you quote.
- Exterior siding Paint, primer and caulk for a house's siding and trim, by the surface and the coats, with a lift where ladders will not reach.
- Deck or fence stain Stain, cleaner and stripper for a deck or a fence, by its area and railings, the stain and the coats.
Handyman
- Drywall repair Patches by size — nail pops, holes up to 6 in, and holes cut back to the studs — with what each takes, the texture and the paint.
- Interior door replacement Prehung doors or slabs in the old frames, with casing, hinges, knobs and the paint, by the number of doors.
Decks and fences
- Deck build Footings, posts, beam, joists, decking, railing and stairs for a deck on a ledger, from its size — at the joist and post spacing you choose.
- Wood privacy fence Posts, concrete, rails, pickets and gates for a wood privacy fence, from its length — at the height and post spacing you choose.
- Vinyl fence Posts, caps, 8 ft panels, concrete and gates for a vinyl fence, from its length and height.
- Chain-link fence Fabric, top rail, line and terminal posts, fittings, concrete and gates for a chain-link fence, from its length, ends and corners.
Flooring
- Vinyl plank or laminate Vinyl plank or laminate with its underlayment, vapor barrier, quarter round and transitions, from the floor area and the layout.
- Tile floor Tile, thinset, grout, backer board and leveling clips for a tiled floor, by the tile size and what it goes down on.
- Carpet Carpet and pad by the square yard, with tack strip, seams, transitions and the stairs, from the floor area.
- Hardwood Hardwood nailed, glued or floating, prefinished or sanded and finished on site, with its underlayment, fasteners and trim.
Concrete and hardscape
- Concrete slab or patio Concrete by the yard or the bag, gravel base, forms, reinforcement and curing for a slab or patio, from its area and thickness.
- Paver patio or walkway Pavers, gravel base, bedding sand, polymeric sand and edge restraint for a patio or walkway, with the dig, from its area.
- Block retaining wall Block, caps, a gravel pad, drainage stone, pipe and fabric for a segmental retaining wall up to about 4 ft, from its length and height.
Gutters, siding and insulation
- Gutters and downspouts Coil, hangers, end caps, corners, outlets, downspouts and elbows for seamless gutters, with guards if wanted, from the eaves.
- Vinyl siding Vinyl siding by the square, with house wrap, starter, J-channel, corners and trim, from the wall area, the openings and the corners.
- Attic blown-in insulation Bags of blown fiberglass or cellulose to bring an attic to the R-value you choose over what is there, with baffles and air sealing.
- Wall batt insulation Kraft-faced batts for open 2x4 or 2x6 walls, with staples, air-sealing caulk and a vapor retarder where the climate wants one.
The same calculators in SMG Tools
Every one of these is a ready-made calculator in SMG Tools, on every plan. There it fills its numbers from the client's site measurements, prices each line from your own Price Book, checks the margin, and carries the job through to the purchase order. Start free.