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Construction & DIY Calculators

Estimate area, concrete and tile quantities with visible assumptions and formulas.

Start with measured geometry, then use editable product coverage, package size, waste, density or material rates. MAXScanner avoids burying supplier-specific values inside the formula.

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Square Footage Calculator

Calculate square footage for rectangles, circles and triangles, convert the area to square meters and estimate cost from a price per square foot.

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Concrete Calculator — Slab and Cylinder Volume

Estimate concrete volume for a rectangular slab or cylindrical pour in cubic feet, cubic yards and cubic meters, with an optional waste allowance.

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Tile Calculator — Tiles, Boxes and Waste Allowance

Estimate tiles needed from room dimensions and tile size, add a waste allowance, then optionally calculate boxes and simple material cost.

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Feet and Inches Calculator

Add, subtract, multiply, divide or convert feet and inches, including decimal and fractional inch inputs, with decimal feet and metric equivalents.

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Scale Calculator — Drawings, Maps and Models

Convert real measurements to scaled drawing or model sizes, convert scaled sizes back to real dimensions, or find the 1:N scale ratio.

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Board Foot Calculator — Lumber Volume & Cost Basis

Calculate board feet from lumber thickness, width, length and quantity, then add an optional waste allowance for a project tally.

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Flooring Calculator — Square Feet, Waste & Boxes

Add up to three room areas, apply a user-selected waste allowance and estimate whole boxes from the exact coverage printed on the flooring package.

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Roof Pitch Calculator — Rise, Run, Angle & Slope

Convert roof rise and run into pitch per 12, angle in degrees, percent slope and slope factor, with an optional rafter-line geometry result.

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Gravel Calculator — Cubic Yards & Tons

Estimate gravel volume from length, width and depth, add a project allowance and convert cubic yards to tons using a density you can verify with the supplier.

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Paint Calculator — Walls, Ceiling, Coats & Containers

Estimate paint volume from room dimensions, exact opening area, separate wall and ceiling coats, product coverage, waste and optional container size and price.

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Paver Calculator — Pavers, Waste, Base & Bedding Volume

Estimate paver count from project and paver dimensions, apply a user-selected waste allowance and calculate base and bedding cubic yards from explicit layer depths.

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Stair Calculator — Riser Height, Tread Depth & Stringer Geometry

Calculate equal riser height, tread depth, tread count, stair angle and straight stringer length from total rise, total run and a chosen number of risers.

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Rectangle Diagonal Calculator — Square-Up & Pythagorean Check

Calculate the corner-to-corner diagonal of a rectangle from length and width, then optionally compare a field-measured diagonal with the theoretical value.

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Drywall Calculator — Sheets, Screws, Tape & Joint Compound

Estimate drywall sheets from room dimensions, openings, ceiling choice, panel size and waste, then add editable planning rates for screws, tape, compound and sheet price.

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Plywood Calculator — Sheets, Waste & Project Cost

Total up to three rectangular sections, apply an editable waste allowance and estimate whole plywood sheets from the exact sheet dimensions and optional price you enter.

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Carpet Calculator — Room Area, Waste, Square Yards & Cost

Add up to three rooms, convert square feet to square yards, apply an editable waste allowance and estimate material cost with an optional price per square foot or square yard.

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Wallpaper Calculator — Strips, Pattern Repeat & Rolls

Estimate wallpaper strips and whole rolls from wall width, height, roll dimensions, pattern repeat, waste and optional roll price, with the drop length shown explicitly.

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Fence Calculator — Posts, Panels, Rails & Pickets

Estimate fence posts, bays, panels, rails and pickets from a run length, gate openings, spacing and editable material rates instead of assuming one fence style.

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Post Hole Concrete Calculator — Volume, Bags & Cost

Calculate concrete volume for round post holes from diameter, depth and quantity, then round to whole bags using the bag yield and waste allowance you enter.

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Deck Board Calculator — Boards, Fasteners, Linear Feet & Cost

Estimate deck-board rows, linear feet, whole stock boards, board-to-joist intersections, fasteners and optional board cost from deck size, board width, gap, stock length and joist spacing.

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Rafter Length Calculator — Span, Pitch, Overhang & Rafter Count

Calculate common-rafter line length, roof rise, slope factor, angle, overhang extension and an optional rafter count from span, pitch, ridge thickness, building length and spacing.

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Paver Base Calculator — Gravel, Bedding Sand, Tons & Bags

Estimate paver sub-base and bedding-layer volume from project dimensions and explicit depths, then convert base volume to adjusted cubic yards, tons and bags using editable compaction, density and bag size.

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Polymeric Sand Calculator — Paver Joint Bags & Joint Volume

Estimate polymeric sand bags using product-label coverage or an explicit rectangular-paver joint-volume model with paver size, joint width, fill depth, bag yield, allowance and optional price.

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Concrete Footing Calculator — Round, Square & Rectangular Footings

Calculate concrete volume for round piers, square pads or rectangular/strip footings, multiply by quantity, add an editable allowance and round to whole premix bags from entered bag yield.

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Concrete Steps Calculator — Solid Stair Volume, Bags & Cost

Estimate concrete for a simple solid stair mass from step count, rise, tread and width using a stacked-prism model, with optional landing depth, allowance, bag yield and material cost.

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Brick Calculator — Bricks, Mortar, Cement, Sand & Cost

Estimate bricks for one or more walls after opening deductions, then calculate wet and dry mortar, cement bags, sand volume and optional material cost from actual brick dimensions and mortar-joint inputs.

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Concrete Block Calculator — CMU Blocks, Mortar, Grout, Pallets & Cost

Estimate concrete blocks for a wall after opening deductions, then plan mortar bags, pallets and optional core-fill grout from actual block-face dimensions and editable product coverage, void fraction and bag-yield inputs.

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Asphalt Calculator — Compacted Volume, Tons, Truckloads & Cost

Calculate compacted asphalt volume, base mass, order tonnage, optional loose-volume planning, truckloads and material cost from measured area, finished thickness, entered density and order allowance in imperial or metric units.

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Mulch Calculator — Cubic Yards, Bags, Coverage, Weight & Cost

Estimate mulch volume from rectangular, circular or known bed area, then calculate whole bags, bulk quantity, coverage, optional supplier-density weight and bag-versus-bulk material cost in imperial or metric units.

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Tank Volume Calculator — Capacity, Partial Fill, Gallons, Litres & Weight

Calculate total and partial-fill volume for rectangular, vertical-cylinder, horizontal-cylinder, horizontal-elliptical, horizontal-capsule and spherical tanks, with litres, US/Imperial gallons, remaining capacity, liquid weight and optional fill/drain time.

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Pipe Volume Calculator — Litres, Gallons, Partial Fill, Weight & Fill Time

Calculate pipe internal capacity from actual bore or outside diameter plus wall thickness, including partial horizontal fill, multiple runs, fittings-length allowance, litres/gallons, fluid weight, volume per metre and optional fill/drain time.

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