Vinyl plank or laminate calculator
Vinyl plank or laminate with its underlayment, vapor barrier, quarter round and transitions, from the floor area and the layout.
An estimate of the materials a job takes, worked out in your browser: check it against the job, and against your local code where it matters. Nothing you type leaves this page.
Put in the job's numbers and choices, and the list below follows them.
What it takes
Worked out for Floor area 600 sq ft, Room perimeter 120 ft, Transitions 3 each, Stair treads 0 each, Floor: Vinyl plank, pad attached, Layout: Straight, Subfloor: Wood.
Flooring
- LVP flooring 660 sq ft Floor area 600 sq ft × (1 + (10 (Straight) ÷ 100)): 660 sq ft. The waste by the layout: more cuts on a diagonal.
Left out: Laminate underlayment, 100 sq ft roll (It works out to nothing); 6 mil vapor barrier, 1,000 sq ft roll (only when Subfloor is Concrete).
Trim and transitions
- Quarter round, 8 ft 17 each Room perimeter 120 ft at 8 a piece: 15 each; plus 10% waste: 16.5; rounded up to whole each: 17.
- T-molding transition strip 3 each Transitions 3 each: 3 each.
- Flooring spacers and tapping block 1 lot A fixed 1: 1 lot.
Left out: Stair nose trim (It works out to nothing).
Labor
- Vinyl plank installation 600 sq ft Floor area 600 sq ft: 600 sq ft.
- Base trim 120 ft Room perimeter 120 ft: 120 ft.
What it leaves out
- Removing the old floor
- Moving furniture
- Subfloor repair
The same calculator in SMG Tools
In SMG Tools this calculator fills its numbers from the client's site measurements, prices every line from your own Price Book, checks the margin against your target, and carries the lines onto the proposal, the job's plan and the purchase order. It is one of the ready-made calculators SMG Tools sets up for flooring, and calculators are on every plan.