Calculators and Convertors

These handy tools will help you figure out your Materials Needed.

See Also This calculator which converts the most commonly used measurements in the building trades. Temperature, Length, Speed, Area, Volume, Weight (common), Pressure, Liquid Measure, Dry Measure, Flow

• Paint Calculator
  Computes amount of paint needed for interior and exterior ceilings and walls.
  
  
• Circles, and Triangle areas
  
  
• Solution of Right-angled Triangles Like the Gable ends of your home.
  
  
• Wallpaper and Border Calculator
  
  
• Gypsum Wallboard Enter the dimensions of the room, height of the walls and whether or not you are drywalling the ceiling. The calculator does the rest! You can subtract for windows and doors. It will even tell you how much joint compound and tape you will need. Nails or screws too!
  
  
• Fuel Cost Comparison Calculator- Compare the cost of common home-heating fuels. Simply enter the cost for the fuels (default values are provided, but you can change them). The program will then calculate the comparison."
  
  
• Hot Water Heating Calculator- "Use this Domestic Water Calculator to explore the energy usage of your water heater, and to estimate whether Solar or other Alternative Energy measure could save you money."
  
  
• Concrete Calculator- Calculators include: Column, Block Wall & Flatwork. 
  
  
• Brick coursing calculator This Calculator can help you determine the number of courses of brick required for a given wall height/width (or vice versa)
  
  
• Grout Coverage Calculator
  
  
• Beeswax polish formula- calculator
  
  
• Stone Boulders & Edging
  
  
• Sod Vs. Seed Calculator
  
  
• Pipe Calculator
  
  
• Roof Area Calculator
  
  
• Ceramic tile
  
  
• Carpet
  
  
• R Value Recommendations: Calculator- Building Envelope Research, Oak Ridge National Laboratory  VERY EXTENSIVE.
  
  
• Shingle calculator Enter the length and width of one side of your roof, hit calculate and the number of bundles required for the side of the roof will be calculated.
  
  
• Vinyl siding calculator
  
  
• Wood siding calculator- The Western Red Cedar Lumber Association
  
  
• Stair angle calculator
  
  
• Concrete for fence posts
  
  
• Fence drawing calculator
  
  
• Picture frame moulding Calculator

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BOARD FOOT LUMBER CALCULATOR
LINEAR FEET to BOARD FEET LUMBER CALCULATOR
LUMBER WEIGHT CALCULATOR
CONCRETE SLAB CALCULATOR
CONCRETE SLAB WITH FOOTING CALCULATOR
CONCRETE BLOCK WALL CALCULATOR
ROUND COLUMN CONCRETE CALCULATOR
CONCRETE FOOTING CALCULATOR
STUCCO COVERAGE CALCULATOR
DRYWALL WALL BOARD COVERAGE
DROP CEILING MATERIALS AND COVERAGE
ROOF AREA CALCULATOR
STAIRCASE CALCULATOR
HANDY ROOF CALCULATORS

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