Practical Calculators for Everyday Questions

Calculators for estimating the materials your project needs, sizing home systems such as air conditioners, furnaces, lighting, and generators, and adding up the hours you work.

YepCalc is a set of free calculators for practical questions, such as how much concrete to order, how many tiles to buy, what size air conditioner a room needs, or how many hours you worked. You can use them without signing up. Where a result depends on a product or material, the calculator page shows the value it uses and where that value came from.

Outdoor and Landscaping

• Mulch Calculator

  Mulch volume for garden beds and how many bags to buy.

• Gravel Calculator

  Gravel volume and weight in tons, and how many bags to buy.

• Asphalt Calculator

  Tons of asphalt for a driveway or parking area from its size and compacted thickness.

• Soil Calculator

  Soil volume for raised beds and pots, and how many bags to buy.

• Paver Calculator

  How many pavers to buy for a patio or driveway, with the bedding sand and base.

• Sod Calculator

  Sod area for a lawn, and how many rolls, slabs, or pallets of sod to buy.

• Plant Spacing Calculator

  How many plants you need for a garden bed from the plant spacing, in a grid or triangular layout.

• Sand Calculator

  Sand volume and weight in tons for a sandbox or paver bed, and how many bags to buy.

• Retaining Wall Calculator

  How many retaining wall blocks and caps to buy, with the base and drainage gravel.

• French Drain Calculator

  Gravel in cubic yards and tons, drain pipes, and filter fabric for a French drain trench.

• Polymeric Sand Calculator

  How much polymeric or kiln-dried sand to buy for paver joints, by weight and in bags.

• Driveway Sealer Calculator

  How much sealer and how many pails to buy to sealcoat an asphalt driveway, by surface and coats.

• Road Base Calculator

  Road base or crusher run to order in cubic yards and tons for a compacted base, and how many bags to buy.

• Fire Glass Calculator

  How many pounds of fire glass and how many bags to buy for a gas fire pit or fireplace.

Concrete and Masonry

• Concrete Calculator

  Concrete volume and how many bags of concrete mix to buy.

• Concrete Block Calculator

  How many concrete blocks and bags of mortar to buy for a wall, with openings subtracted.

• Brick Calculator

  How many bricks and bags of mortar to buy for a wall or veneer, with openings subtracted.

• Rebar Calculator

  How many bars of rebar to buy for a slab or footing grid, with laps, total length, and weight.

• Wire Mesh Calculator

  How many sheets or rolls of welded wire mesh to buy for a concrete slab, with laps and layout.

• Mortar Calculator

  How much mortar to mix for blocks or bricks, with the cement, lime, and sand for Type N, Type S, or your own ratio.

• Concrete Steps Calculator

  Concrete volume and bags of concrete mix for solid steps, from the number of steps, riser, tread, width, and landing.

Interior

• Flooring Calculator

  Flooring area including waste for your layout, and how many boxes to buy.

• Carpet Calculator

  How much carpet to buy from a roll for a room, with the seams, and the cost with pad and installation.

• Tile Calculator

  How many tiles and boxes to buy, with grout joints and waste.

• Grout Calculator

  How much tile grout to buy by weight, and how many bags, from the tile size and joint.

• Paint Calculator

  How much paint to buy for walls and ceilings, in gallons or liters.

• Wallpaper Calculator

  How many rolls of wallpaper to buy for a room, with the pattern repeat and match.

• Drywall Calculator

  How many sheets of drywall to buy for walls and ceilings, by sheet size.

• Insulation Calculator

  How many bags of blown-in insulation or packages of batts to buy, from the area and R-value.

• Recessed Lighting Calculator

  How many recessed lights a room needs, with the grid, the spacing, and the distance from the walls.

• Board and Batten Calculator

  How many battens and boards to buy for a board and batten wall or siding, with even spacing on each wall.

• Stair Carpet Calculator

  How much carpet to buy for a staircase by roll width, or the length of a stair runner, with the cost.

• Wainscoting Calculator

  Panel width, stile spacing, and stile marks for frame-and-panel wainscoting on each wall, with the boards to buy.

• Shiplap Calculator

  How many shiplap boards and packs to buy for walls and ceilings, with the linear feet and cost.

• Epoxy Calculator

  How much epoxy resin to mix for a tabletop, counter, or deep pour, and how many kits to buy.

• Baseboard Calculator

  How much baseboard to buy for your rooms, with doorways subtracted, the total length, and the pieces to buy.

Roofing and Siding

• Roofing Calculator

  Roof area from its size and pitch, in squares, and how many bundles of shingles to buy.

• Roof Pitch Calculator

  Roof pitch from rise and run in x/12, degrees, and percent, and rafter lengths.

• Metal Roofing Calculator

  How many metal roof panels to buy and how long to cut them for each roof face, with the roof area in squares.

• Siding Calculator

  How many pieces and boxes of vinyl or fiber cement siding to buy for the walls and gables.

• Roof Truss Calculator

  How many trusses a gable roof needs, with the rise, truss height, and top and bottom chord lengths.

• Roof Underlayment Calculator

  How many rolls of underlayment and ice and water shield to buy, from the roof size, pitch, eaves, and valleys.

Framing and Carpentry

• Stair Calculator

  Number of steps, riser height, tread depth, and stringer length for a straight stair.

• Fence Calculator

  How many posts, rails, boards or panels, and bags of concrete to buy for a fence.

• Deck Calculator

  How many deck boards, joists, and screws to buy for a deck, with the cost.

• Framing Calculator

  How many studs and plates to buy for wood-framed walls, with corners, openings, and the cost.

• Plywood Calculator

  How many sheets of plywood or OSB to buy for subfloors, walls, and roofs, by sheet size.

• Shed Material Calculator

  A materials list for a gable shed: studs, plates, sheathing, shingles, siding, and bags of concrete, with the cost.

• Chain Link Fence Calculator

  How many terminal and line posts, top rails, fabric rolls, fittings, and bags of concrete to buy for a chain link fence.

• Deck and Fence Stain Calculator

  How much stain and how many cans to buy for a deck, railings, stairs, or fence, by wood surface and coats.

• Baluster Spacing Calculator

  How many balusters each railing section needs, with the even gap and on-center spacing.

• Board Foot Calculator

  Board feet, volume, and cost for lumber, from the size, length, and quantity of each board.

• Lumber Weight Calculator

  How much lumber weighs, by board and in total, from its size, length, quantity, and wood species.

• Cabinet Door Calculator

  Overlay cabinet door sizes from the openings, with the stile, rail, and panel cut list for shaker doors.

Area and Volume

• Cubic Yard Calculator

  Volume in cubic yards from length, width, and depth.

• Square Footage Calculator

  Area in square feet, square yards, and square meters.

• Feet and Inches Calculator

  Add and subtract feet, inches, and fractions, with the total in feet and inches and decimals.

• Tank Volume Calculator

  Tank capacity in gallons and liters, and how much liquid is in it from the liquid level.

Pool and Home Systems

• Pool Shock Calculator

  How much cal-hypo, dichlor, or liquid chlorine to add to shock a pool, from its volume and the free chlorine you need.

• Pool Salt Calculator

  How much salt to add to a saltwater pool from its volume and salt level, and how many bags to buy.

• Pool Volume Calculator

  How many gallons or liters your pool holds, from its shape, size, and shallow and deep end depths.

• Voltage Drop Calculator

  Voltage drop in volts and percent for a wire size, length, and current, with the voltage at the load.

• BTU Calculator

  Air conditioner size in BTU/h and tons for each room, with a heating estimate from your climate zone.

• Furnace Size Calculator

  Furnace size in BTU/h from floor area, climate zone, and insulation, with the input rating for the AFUE.

• Lumens Calculator

  How many lumens a room needs from its size and use, and how many light fixtures that takes.

• Generator Size Calculator

  What size generator you need, from the running and starting watts of the appliances you want to run.

• Solar Panel Calculator

  How many solar panels and what system size you need from your electricity use and peak sun hours, with yearly production.

• Heat Loss Calculator

  Heat loss in BTU/h and watts through walls, windows, doors, ceilings, and floors, plus air leakage.

Work Hours and Pay

• Time Card Calculator

  Hours worked from start and end times and breaks, in hours and minutes and decimal hours, with pay.

• Overtime Calculator

  Regular and overtime hours for a workweek, with regular, overtime, and total pay.