Free renovation calculators for Canadian homes
Work out how much to buy, in feet or metric, with sizes you'll actually find at Canadian stores, and add your province's sales tax to the total.
Interior
- Drywall CalculatorHow many sheets of drywall do you need? Enter your room size to get 4×8, 4×10 or 4×12 sheets, plus joint compound, tape and screws.
- Paint CalculatorHow much paint do you need for a room? Get litres and the right mix of 3.78 L and 946 mL cans for walls and ceilings, any number of coats.
- Flooring CalculatorCalculate how many boxes of laminate, vinyl plank or engineered hardwood to buy for a room, with a waste allowance and underlayment.
- Tile CalculatorCalculate how many tiles and boxes you need for a floor, backsplash or shower wall, including grout joints, waste and how much grout to buy.
- Insulation CalculatorCalculate how many bags of insulation batts you need for walls or an attic, plus how much poly vapour barrier to buy.
Exterior, decks & fences
- Deck Board CalculatorWork out how many 8, 10, 12, 16 or 20 ft deck boards and how many screws a deck needs, from its size, board width and gap.
- Fence CalculatorCalculate fence posts, rails, pickets and bags of concrete for post holes from your fence length, post spacing and picket size.
- Roofing Shingle CalculatorCalculate how many bundles of shingles and roofing squares your roof needs from its footprint and pitch, plus underlayment rolls.
Concrete
- Concrete CalculatorWork out how much concrete a slab or pad needs, in 20, 30 or 40 kg bags, cubic metres or cubic yards, with an allowance for waste.
- Concrete Patio CalculatorTurning lawn into a concrete patio? Get the dig depth, soil to remove, gravel base, rebar, forms and ready-mix to order, layer by layer.
- Concrete Driveway CalculatorPlan a concrete driveway: how deep to dig, tonnes of gravel base, 10M rebar, forms and cubic metres of ready-mix, with Canadian sales tax.
Landscaping & yard
- Gravel CalculatorWork out how much gravel, sand, topsoil or mulch you need in cubic yards, cubic metres, tonnes or 2 ft³ bags, from area and depth.
- Sod CalculatorCalculate how many rolls of sod you need for your lawn, plus the topsoil to lay underneath, in feet or metric.
- Topsoil CalculatorCalculate topsoil or garden soil for a new lawn or garden bed in cubic yards, cubic metres, tonnes or 2 ft³ bags, from area and depth.
- Mulch CalculatorFind out how much bark mulch your garden beds need in cubic yards, cubic metres or 2 ft³ bags, at the depth you want.
- Retaining Wall CalculatorCalculate retaining wall blocks, cap blocks, levelling pad gravel and drain rock from your wall's length, height and block size.