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Flooring Coverage Calculator

Enter each room and this works out the square footage you need, the waste your install pattern costs you, and how many boxes that comes to. Measure at the widest point of each room, including closets and doorway returns.

Calculating for a specific floor?
Pick it and the box coverage fills in automatically. Skip it and you will get square footage you can take to any product.
Room by room

What are you covering?

Add a row for every room. Measure wall to wall at the widest point.

RoomWidth ftLength ft
Waste and offcuts

Straight lay wastes about a tenth in offcuts. Diagonal and herringbone patterns cut more, so allow fifteen. Rooms with many angles run higher.

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You will need

An estimate, not a quote. Confirm final quantities with our team before ordering. Keep at least one spare box for repairs.

How it works
1

Measure each room

Width by length, wall to wall, at the widest point. Include closets and the return into each doorway, since the floor runs through them.

2

Allow for waste

Every install loses material to cuts at the walls. A straight lay costs about ten percent, a diagonal or herringbone pattern nearer fifteen.

3

Round up to boxes

Flooring ships by the box, so the total is rounded up. The leftover is worth keeping: a spare plank is the cheapest repair you will ever make.

Common Questions

FLOORING COVERAGE QUESTIONS

The questions our counter answers most, before the first order ships.

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Should I measure closets and doorways?+
Yes. The floor continues under the closet door and through the doorway return, and both need material. Leaving them out is the most common shortfall we see.
Why does the estimate round up to whole boxes?+
Flooring is sold by the box and boxes are not split. Ordering 19 boxes for a job that needs 19.3 leaves you short with no matching dye lot to top up from.
How much extra should I keep?+
Keep at least one full box. Dye lots change between production runs, so a plank bought two years from now will not match the floor you laid today.
Does this work for a diagonal or herringbone layout?+
It does. Choose the fifteen percent option: angled cuts leave more unusable offcut at every wall, and a herringbone pattern more again.

Now find the floor.

Hardwood, laminate, vinyl plank and tile, priced by the square foot and the box, with the coverage already worked out for you.

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