ALL CALCULATORS
Stone, sand, soil, concrete, masonry, and fence calculators in one place.
Each heading links to that hub. Fence stays listed here.
Gravel
Stone types, shapes, and project gravel. Open the hub for a which-calculator guide.
#57 Gravel Calculator
Gravel#57 calculation for all the commonly used shapes
304 gravel calculator
304 gravel stones calculations for most common shapes
3/4 gravel calculator
Estimate 3/4 gravel for most commonly used shapes
Class 5 gravel calculator
Calculate the class 5 gravel needed for any shape.
Pea gravel coverage calculator
Estimate materials for pea gravel coverage calculator
Crushed stone calculator
Estimate crushed stone volume and weight
Crusher run calculator
Calculate crusher run for base layers
Quarry dust calculator
Estimate quarry dust for construction
Limestone calculator
Calculate limestone volume and weight
River rock calculator
River rock coverage and tons using a 1,450–1,600 kg/m³ planning assumption
Decomposed granite calculator
Loose or stabilized DG with a compaction allowance and a stated density assumption
No. 2 gravel calculator
ASTM D448 Size No. 2 yards and tons at a 1,500 kg/m³ planning assumption
1 inch gravel calculator
1 inch gravel coverage and tons at 1,600 kg/m³, sized near ASTM D448 No. 5
411 gravel calculator
Tennessee dense-graded base with a visible 10 percent loose-order allowance
Riprap calculator
Riprap yards and tons at the FHWA loose density of 1,550 kg/m³
Landscape rock calculator
Decorative landscape rock coverage using a 1,450–1,650 kg/m³ assumption
Lava rock calculator
Lightweight lava rock using a 720 kg/m³ start inside a 40–50 lb/ft³ product range
Driveway gravel calculator
Estimate materials for driveway gravel calculator
Driveway material calculator
Base course and top gravel volumes for driveways
French drain gravel calculator
Calculate gravel needed with different drain pipe size
Walkway gravel calculator
Estimate materials for walkway gravel calculator
Paver gravel calculator
Calculate Exact Amount of Gravel Needed for Paver Base
Gravel patio calculator
Single-layer gravel patio surface in yards and tons at 1,600 kg/m³
RV pad gravel calculator
Estimate materials for rv pad gravel calculator
Gravel Shed foundation calculator
Make any shape shed foundation super accurate
Shed base size calculator
Shed floor plus a border, then gravel yards and tons at 1,920 kg/m³
Above ground pool pad gravel
Gravel pad larger than an above-ground pool, separate from pool sand
Post hole gravel calculator
Gives you the gravel needed for post holes for a wide variety of purposes.
Pipe bedding calculator
Calculate pipe bedding gravel
Circular gravel calculator
For shapes that are either circular, annular or something closer to that.
Gravel Calculator Triangle
For any type of triangular shape. Or if you want to break complex shapes in triangles.
Aquarium gravel calculator
Aquarium gravel bed calculation
Sand, soil, and landscaping
Sand, mulch, topsoil, raised beds, pavers, joint sand, sod, landscape fabric, edging, and retaining walls. Compost volume, pond gallons and liner size, grass seed pounds, pine straw bales, and rainwater gallons are included.
Sand calculator
Sand volume, weight, coverage, yardage. How much sand do I need?
Paver sand calculator
Paver bedding, base, leveling, patio sand. Square feet, cubic yards.
Patio sand calculator
Patio bedding sand: area × depth, ~1600 kg/m³, bag count
Pool sand calculator
Above ground pool sand. Round, oval pool base sand.
Pool filter sand calculator
How much sand for pool filter? Sand filter size.
Aquarium sand calculator
Fish tank, reef tank sand. Live sand, deep sand bed.
Arena sand calculator
Horse arena sand, round pen. Arena footing sand.
Lawn leveling sand calculator
Topdressing, artificial turf sand. How much to level yard?
Sandbox sand calculator
Sandbox sand volume, weight (~1600 kg/m³), and bag count from L×W×depth
Playground sand calculator
Play sand: L×W× safety depth, ~1600 kg/m³, bags; impact zones
Trench sand calculator
Trench sand L×W×D volume, ~1600 kg/m³ weight, 50 kg bag count
Artificial grass sand calculator
Turf infill: area × depth, ~1600 kg/m³, bag count; silica/kiln-dried
Mulch calculator
Estimate mulch volume, bags, and cost for beds, tree rings, and landscaping.
Rubber mulch calculator
Playground loose-fill volume with CPSC Table 2 depths
Fertilizer calculator
Lawn fertilizer pounds from the nitrogen percent on the bag
Topsoil calculator
Estimate topsoil in cubic yards for gardens, lawns, and landscaping.
Compost calculator
Cubic feet, yards, and bags for a lawn topdress or a bed that is mixed in
Raised bed soil calculator
Estimate soil for raised garden beds
Paver calculator
How many pavers for a patio, with joint spacing and a circular patio
Patio calculator
Gravel base and sand bedding volumes for paver patios
Polymeric sand calculator
Joint sand in pounds and 50 lb bags from paver size, joint width, and joint depth
Sod calculator
Sod area from rectangles and a circle, in pieces and planning pallets
Grass seed calculator
Pounds of tall fescue or Kentucky bluegrass from a 2019 Nebraska Extension range
Landscape fabric calculator
Fabric rolls with a 6 to 12 inch overlap, plus staples at a spacing you choose
Edging calculator
Edging pieces and stakes from a rectangle, a circle, or a measured perimeter
Retaining wall calculator
Block count by face size, buried course, caps, base gravel, and drainage stone
Pond calculator
Gallons for a rectangle, round, or oval, plus liner length and width
Pine straw calculator
Bales from bed area and depth, using a 2-inch coverage you can replace
Rainwater harvesting calculator
Gallons from roof footprint, rainfall, and a runoff factor you set
Earthwork
Excavation with swell and truck loads, a trench backfill split, fill or backfill by weight, slope from rise and run, and pool water in gallons.
Excavation calculator
Bank and loose yards from a rectangle or a circle, plus truck loads
Trench calculator
Trench cut, swell, imported bedding, native backfill, and spoil loads
Fill dirt calculator
Estimate fill dirt for grading
Backfill calculator
Calculate backfill material for trenches
Slope calculator
Percent grade, degrees, a 1:x ratio, and inches per foot from rise and run
Pool volume calculator
Pool water in gallons for a rectangle, round, or oval, with average or constant depth
Concrete
Concrete volume, weight, slabs, driveways, columns, post holes, steps, footings, cement, mix proportions, and premix bag counts. Cost uses a price you type. Asphalt is the other paved surface. Rebar and mesh are on the steel hub. Driveway sealer is gallons from a rate you enter. A wall or curb section is included.
Concrete calculator
Rectangular concrete volume and weight from length, width, depth. Default 2400 kg/m³
Concrete weight calculator
Pounds, short tons, and kilograms at 144, 150, or a 100 lb/ft³ planning density
Concrete slab calculator
Slab volume and weight from length, width, and thickness
Concrete driveway calculator
Driveway concrete at 4, 5, or 6 inches, in yards, trucks, and bags
Concrete bag calculator
40, 60, and 80 lb bags, plus 25 and 50 kg bags, from slab dimensions
Concrete cost calculator
Slab cost from a price you type, with waste, bags, delivery, and labor. No market price
Concrete footing calculator
Footing prism volume and weight for strip or pad footings
Concrete wall calculator
Cubic yards and bags for a wall or a trapezoid curb
Concrete column calculator
Round and square columns, including sonotube sizes, in yards and bags
Concrete post hole calculator
Concrete for fence and deck post holes, with the post subtracted
Concrete steps calculator
Concrete for solid steps from grade, from rise, run, width, and a full-height landing
Cement calculator
Cement quantity from mix volume and ratio using bulk cement density
Cement sand aggregate calculator
Split mix volume into cement, sand, and aggregate weights by ratio
Concrete sand calculator
Sand and gravel for concrete. Cement sand aggregate mix.
Asphalt calculator
Asphalt mat volume and weight from length, width, thickness
Driveway sealer calculator
Gallons and five-gallon pails from area, coats, and a rate you enter
Masonry
Brick, the Pakistan 9-inch and 4.5-inch schedule, a room with openings, AAC, concrete block, stone veneer, mortar, sand and cement, plaster, and screed. Three-coat stucco volume is included.
Brick calculator
How many bricks, plus cement bags and sand for India, Pakistan, UK, and US sizes
Brick calculator Pakistan
9 × 4.5 × 3 in bricks for a 9-inch or 4.5-inch wall, in 50 kg cement bags and sand in CFT
Brick calculator for a room
Bricks, cement bags, and sand for four walls, minus a door and windows
AAC block calculator
How many AAC blocks for a wall from face size and joint
Concrete block calculator
Cinder block and CMU count for 8×8×16 and metric blocks
Stone veneer calculator
Flats, outside corners, and mortar bags for a stone veneer wall
Mortar calculator
Mortar and cement/sand from wall volume, joints %, dry factor 1.33, and ratio
Sand and cement calculator
Mortar, screed, render. Sand cement ratio 4:1, 5:1.
Plaster calculator
Wall/ceiling plaster: length × height, thickness, dry factor 1.33, ratio; bags
Stucco calculator
Three-coat volume from wall area and the coat thicknesses
Screed calculator
Floor screed area and volume; dry factor 1.33; cement:sand 1:3–1:5; bags
Steel
Steel shapes by dimension, the rebar weight chart, and mesh sheets for a slab.
Conversions
Tons and yards, cubic yards, cubic feet, linear feet, material conversion, density, dump trucks, cost from your quote, square footage, acreage, cylinder volume, and feet-and-inches.
Gravel tons to yards
Convert tons to cubic yards of gravel and yards to tons at each material’s density
Cubic yard calculator
Rectangle, circle, or triangle volume in cubic yards, cubic feet, and cubic meters
Cubic feet calculator
Box or room volume in cubic feet, cubic inches, yards, meters, and liters
Cylinder volume calculator
Cylinder, horizontal tank, and pipe volume in cubic feet, gallons, and liters
Material conversion calculator
m³↔t, ft³/yd³→m³, bags, kg↔lb; density presets for sand, soil, concrete
Gravel density chart
Density table for every material calculator, with sources and planning-default labels
Dump truck load calculator
How many tons of gravel fit when the bed volume or the weight limit binds
Gravel cost calculator
Volume to tons to cost from your price per ton or per yard, plus delivery
Square footage calculator
Add or subtract rectangles, triangles, circles, and L-shapes
Acreage calculator
Lot size to acres and hectares for a rectangle, triangle, circle, or four sides split by a diagonal
Linear feet calculator
Square feet to linear feet for a width, the reverse, and a feet-and-inches total
Feet and inches calculator
Add or subtract feet, inches, and fractions down to 1/16
Flooring
Tile count, grout, thinset, multi-room flooring, self-leveling compound, and epoxy volume. Counter area, splash, cutouts, and slabs are included. Screed stays on the masonry hub.
Tile calculator
Tile count from area, tile size, and grout joint, plus boxes at the coverage you type
Grout calculator
Grout in the joints from tile size, joint width, depth, and area, in pounds and bags
Thinset calculator
Thinset bags from area and a planning coverage per 50 lb bag
Flooring calculator
Up to three rooms, waste by pattern, and boxes from the coverage you type
Self-leveling concrete calculator
Self-leveling bags from area, average depth, and a labeled bag yield
Epoxy calculator
Gallons, liters, and fluid ounces for a pour or a mil coating, plus a volume split and kits
Countertop calculator
Run area, splash, holes, and how many slabs that gross needs
Walls
Drywall sheets, paint, and insulation. Plaster stays on the masonry hub. Wallpaper rolls, siding squares, batten spacing, wainscot panels, baseboard, crown, and a suspended-ceiling grid are included. Caulk for a joint is included.
Drywall calculator
Drywall sheets, screws, mud, and tape from the room, the ceiling, and the openings
Paint calculator
Paint in gallons and quarts from walls, ceiling, trim, coats, and coverage
Insulation calculator
Batt layers or blown-in depth from area and a target R
Wallpaper calculator
Rolls from wall widths, height, door and window deductions, and a pattern repeat
Siding calculator
Squares and boxes from rectangles, gable triangles, openings, and a waste percent
Soffit calculator
Soffit area, cartons, and vent net free area
Board and batten calculator
Board count and even batten spacing, plus linear feet of each
Wainscoting calculator
Panel area, sheets, chair rail, and baseboard from wall length and openings
Baseboard calculator
Floor trim and crown order from a rectangular room
Drop ceiling calculator
Suspended-ceiling pieces from the room and a 2 by 2 or 2 by 4 grid
Caulk calculator
Joint volume and how many tubes that volume fills
Roofing
Roof area and squares, pitch and the multiplier, and shingle bundles. Asphalt paving stays on the concrete hub. Common rafter length, a metal-panel takeoff, and gutter length with hangers and downspouts are included. Attic net free area is included. A truss count and top-chord length are included.
Roofing calculator
Roof area and squares from the footprint, overhang, and pitch
Roof pitch calculator
Rise and run, degrees, and the roof-area multiplier
Rafter calculator
Common rafter length, plumb and seat angles, and total rise from span and pitch
Roof truss calculator
Truss count along a wall, plus the sloping top chord
Shingle calculator
Field bundles, starter, and ridge cap from squares and the lengths you type
Metal roof calculator
Gable area, panel runs, screws, and trim from the footprint and the panel size you type
Gutter calculator
Eave length, brackets at your spacing, and leaders from a roof allowance
Attic ventilation calculator
Roof vent area from the attic footprint and the IRC ratios
Lumber and decking
Deck boards and joists, stair risers and stringers, fence posts and pickets, and board feet from a nominal size. Studs and plate sticks are included. Plywood or OSB sheets, stain gallons, baluster spacing, and firewood cords are included too. A ramp from rise and ratio is included.
Deck calculator
Deck boards with a gap, joists at 12, 16, or 24 inches, and fastener rates
Deck joist span calculator
Deck joist span and overhang from DCA 6 Table 2
Deck beam span calculator
Deck beam span from DCA 6 Tables 3A and 3B
Stair calculator
Risers, treads, total run, and stringer length, with the 2021 IRC limits
Fence material calculator
Estimate posts, rails, panels, pickets, mesh, and concrete for common fence types
Board foot calculator
Board feet from nominal thickness, width, and length, with an optional price
Stud calculator
Studs at 12, 16, or 24 in on center, with corners, openings, and plate sticks
Plywood calculator
Sheets for walls, a floor, or a roof from a nominal 4x8, 4x10, or custom face
Deck stain calculator
Gallons for a deck floor, railings, and stairs, or a fence, from coverage you type
Baluster spacing calculator
Baluster count and exact on-center spacing for a level guard
Firewood calculator
Cords and face cords from stack length, width, height, and log length
Ramp calculator
Horizontal run and sloping length from a rise and a ratio
Plumbing
Storage-tank peak hour, tankless flow, and drain slope against the IRC minimum. A Virginia septic-tank lookup and pipe water volume are included.
Water heater size calculator
Peak-hour gallons from a DOE chart, or tankless GPM from flows you type
Pipe slope calculator
Fall over a drain run, set beside the IRC minimum for that size
Septic tank size calculator
Virginia dwelling tank gallons looked up by bedroom count
Pipe volume calculator
Gallons of water from a published copper or PVC bore
Water softener size calculator
Daily softener grains from people, gallons, and hardness
Fence
Post spacing, cost, removal, and electric fence. Posts, rails, and pickets are on the lumber and decking hub.
Fence post spacing calculator
Post spacing, distance, sections, and gate adjustments for wood, chain link, steel, vinyl, hog wire, and electric
Fence cost calculator
Installed and material cost with presets for pipe, hog wire, concrete, precast, good neighbor, and more
Fence removal cost calculator
Demolition, footing removal, disposal, and gate removal estimates
Electric fence calculator
Wire length, materials, and energizer sizing planner for electric fences