Calculators

Construction calculators for quantities, materials, and early budget checks.

Use these dedicated calculator pages to sense-check quantities, surface coverage, material allowances, and early budget ranges before moving to a formal estimate.

Dedicated Calculator Pages

Open the right calculator for the job.

Every tool now has its own page, making it easier to bookmark, share, and return to the exact calculator you need.

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Mortar Mix Calculator

Estimate cement bags, sand volume, sand weight, and approximate material cost for common mortar mixes.

Open Mortar Calculator
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Brick & Block Calculator

Estimate wall area, unit counts, mortar volume, and approximate material cost for brick or block walling.

Open Wall Calculator
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Bathroom Renovation Calculator

Estimate an early bathroom budget range using floor area, finish level, complexity, contingency, and VAT.

Open Bathroom Calculator
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Kitchen Renovation Calculator

Estimate an early kitchen budget range using floor area, finish level, complexity, contingency, and VAT.

Open Kitchen Calculator
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Refurbishment Cost Calculator

Estimate an early refurbishment budget range where retained-building risk and contingency need quick review.

Open Refurbishment Calculator

Extension Cost Calculator

Estimate an early extension budget range using floor area, finish level, complexity, contingency, and VAT.

Open Extension Calculator

New Build Cost Calculator

Estimate an early new build budget range using floor area, finish level, complexity, contingency, and VAT.

Open New Build Calculator

Concrete Volume Calculator

Estimate slab area, concrete volume, waste allowance, and approximate cost from length, width, depth, and a rate per m3.

Open Concrete Calculator

Plasterboard & Drylining Calculator

Estimate board counts, waste allowance, and approximate board cost from wall area, ceiling area, openings, and board type.

Open Drylining Calculator

Screed Calculator

Estimate floor screed volume, waste allowance, and approximate cost from floor area, thickness, and a rate per m3.

Open Screed Calculator

Render Calculator

Estimate render volume, waste allowance, and approximate cost from wall area, thickness, and a rate per m3.

Open Render Calculator

Painting & Decoration Calculator

Estimate paint quantities and approximate cost for walls, ceilings, doors, skirting, and external painted surfaces.

Open Painting Calculator

Foundations Calculator

Estimate concrete volume and approximate cost for strip foundations, trench fill foundations, and foundation slabs.

Open Foundations Calculator

Plastering Quantity Calculator

Estimate plaster volume, waste allowance, and approximate cost from wall area, ceiling area, openings, thickness, and a rate per m3.

Open Plastering Calculator

Floor Tiling Calculator

Estimate tile quantities, waste allowance, adhesive bags, and approximate cost from floor area, tile size, and rates.

Open Tiling Calculator

Roofing Area Calculator

Estimate roof surface area, waste allowance, and approximate cost from plan dimensions, roof pitch, and a rate per m2.

Open Roofing Calculator

Drainage & Pipe Bedding Calculator

Estimate bedding volume, surround volume, waste allowance, and approximate cost from trench dimensions and run length.

Open Drainage Calculator
Support Guides

Need help using the calculators properly?

These guides cover the most common questions around calculator choice, waste allowances, rate checking, and knowing when a quick tool is no longer enough on its own.

How To Use Construction Calculators

Read the support guide covering calculator choice, inputs, waste allowances, rates, result checking, and when a formal estimate is the better route.

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How To Choose The Right Calculator

Use this guide if you want to match the right calculator to the real question, whether that is quantity, surface coverage, or early budget range.

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How To Set Waste Allowances

Use this guide if you want more confidence in the waste percentage before relying on a material or quantity result.

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How To Check Calculator Rates

Use this guide if you want to sense-check cost inputs before treating the calculator output as a useful planning figure.

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Calculator Vs Formal Estimate

Use this guide if you want to know when a quick calculator is enough and when the project has moved into formal estimating territory.

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Next Step

Need more than a quick calculator result?

Use the calculators as a first pass, then get in touch if you need measured quantities, formal estimating, or support for a live project or tender.