Project Planner - One List for the Whole Job
Most calculators make you redo the same room measurements for every job. Here you enter each room once, tick what is happening in it, and get one combined shopping list: flooring boxes, paint, and a single total cost. Print it and take it to the store.
Your combined shopping list
How it works
- Flooring rooms: areas are combined, waste is applied once, and boxes are rounded up on the combined total
- Paint rooms: wall area minus one standard door and two windows per room, plus the ceiling if ticked, times your coats, divided by coverage
- The shopping list groups everything by material with quantities and costs
Worked example
Two rooms: a 12 ft x 10 ft living room getting flooring and paint, and a 10 ft x 9 ft bedroom getting flooring only. Combined flooring area is 210 sq ft; with 10% waste that is 231 sq ft, which at 20 sq ft a box is 12 boxes (about $660 at $55). Paint for the living room walls and ceiling comes to about 3 gallons for two coats (about $135). One trip, one list, about $795 of material.
Assumptions to know
- Paint subtracts one standard door and two standard windows per painted room. For unusual rooms, check the paint calculator for a finer count.
- Prices are whatever you enter - update them to your store and product.
Results are planning estimates only. Check coverage on the actual products you buy and measure carefully before ordering.
Frequently asked questions
How is the project planner different from the single calculators?
Single calculators answer one job. The planner lets you enter each room once, choose the jobs happening in that room, and combines everything into one shopping list with one total cost, so you make one store trip instead of five.
How are flooring boxes calculated in the planner?
Flooring area from every room with flooring ticked is added together first, then waste is applied and the total is rounded up to whole boxes. Combining rooms usually saves a box or two compared with rounding up room by room.
Can I print the shopping list?
Yes. Use the Print the shopping list button. The printout shows only the list, totals and costs - not the calculator inputs.
Do I need an account to save my project?
No. Everything runs in your browser and nothing is sent to a server. If you leave the page, just re-enter your rooms - it only takes a minute.