PlanDIYBuild flooring center

Flooring & Tile Calculators

Turn room measurements into a practical purchase quantity. Choose flooring coverage and cartons, or tile and mortar-bed planning for the project you are installing.

Flagship tool

Plan flooring by the carton

The Flooring Calculator converts room dimensions into waste-adjusted square footage and whole-carton purchase quantities.

Complete flooring takeoff

Flooring Calculator

Calculate room area, flooring with waste, cartons to buy, purchased coverage and remaining overage.

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Mortar beds

Deck Mud Calculator / Floor Mud Calculator

Building a shower pan, dry-pack bed or mortar bed? Use the dedicated Deck Mud Calculator / Floor Mud Calculator to calculate square footage, average bed thickness, mortar volume and bags from the yield printed on your exact product. For shower pan dry-pack or a sloped mortar bed, enter the minimum and maximum thicknesses to estimate the material quantity.

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Reference guides

Flooring quick answers

Start with a common room or tile size, then use the calculators for exact dimensions and product coverage.

Recommended workflow

Measure → allow for cuts → round to whole boxes

Measure the actual installation area, choose a waste allowance appropriate to the layout and material, and use the coverage printed on the product carton. Purchase quantities should be rounded up to complete cartons or boxes. Complex layouts, diagonal patterns, damaged material and future repairs can require additional overage.