Construction Measurement Guides
Clear guides for measuring, choosing allowances and checking material quantities before ordering.
Guide
How Much Material Waste Should You Add?
Choose a sensible waste allowance for cuts, breakage, layout and future repairs.
Guide
How to Measure a Room for Material Calculations
A repeatable way to record walls, floors, ceilings and openings without losing a dimension.
Guide
How to Read Coverage and Yield on Material Packaging
Find the figures that belong in a calculator and recognise the conditions behind them.
Guide
Metric and Imperial Units in Construction Calculations
Avoid conversion errors when drawings, tools and packages use different measurement systems.
Construction Measurement Guides
Clear guides for measuring, choosing allowances and checking material quantities before ordering.
Open a tool, enter your measured dimensions, then save an estimate. Keep another version if you want to compare products or allowances.