All DIY Material Calculators

Estimate decking boards, plus a rough material list (joists, screws, hidden fasteners, and fascia) and an optional cost from your own price per board.

Estimate tiles needed for a floor or wall area, with tile size, waste factor, a layout pattern preview, and an optional user-entered tile cost.

Calculate deck mud for shower pans, pre-slope layers, floor mud, and flat mortar beds with slope, mix ratio, bags, and waste.

Estimate concrete volume in cubic feet and cubic yards, bag count from your chosen bag yield, and optional material cost from your own price per bag.

Estimate wall area and gallons of paint for a rectangular room using wall height, coats, label coverage, openings, and waste. Optional cost uses only the price per gallon you enter.

Estimate drywall sheet count for room walls, with an option to include the ceiling and choose common sheet sizes.

Estimate pavers for a patio or walkway from project dimensions, paver size, and a waste factor.

Estimate paver base gravel, bedding sand, cubic yards, tons, bags, excavation depth, compaction or waste, and optional user-entered material cost for patios, walkways, and driveways.

Estimate gravel volume and approximate tons for paths, driveways, garden beds, and drainage-strip top dressing from area, depth, density, and overage.

Estimate mulch volume in cubic feet and cubic yards, with optional settling overage and bag count.

Estimate pickets for a straight DIY fence run from fence length, actual picket width, spacing gap, and waste factor. Plan posts, rails, gates, and hardware separately.

Estimate vertical batten count and adjusted clear spacing for a simple board and batten accent wall before planning rails, trim, caulk, and paint.