Home improvement

Calculators for home projects: paint, wallpaper, tile, flooring, concrete and brick.

6 tools

• Paint calculator

  How many gallons of paint you need for walls and ceilings: paintable area minus windows and doors, paint for all coats and the number of cans.

• Wallpaper calculator

  How many rolls of wallpaper you need for a room, based on wall height, doors and windows, roll size and pattern repeat.

• Tile calculator

  How many tiles you need for a floor or wall with grout joints and waste, how many boxes, and estimates for grout and thinset.

• Flooring calculator

  How many boxes of laminate or vinyl plank flooring you need for a room, with extra for cuts and waste.

• Concrete calculator

  How much concrete you need for a slab, footing or patio in cubic yards, how many 60- or 80-lb bags of premix, or how much cement, sand and gravel to mix yourself.

• Brick calculator

  How many bricks you need for a wall based on brick size, number of wythes, mortar joints, openings and waste.