Material planning, made legible

A measured planbefore the first cut.

Turn deck, railing, fence, and post-hole dimensions into transparent material takeoffs you can examine, combine, and take to the store.

Start a railing takeoff Open Project Planner

No account
US and metric
Print-ready results

Working drawing / sampleScale: diagrammatic

Illustrative sample

5
posts: 48
balusters: 6
rail pieces

Illustrative takeoff

R-01 / REV A

Units

US / metric

Storage

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Method

Formula shown

The drawing above is an illustrative sample. Calculator results depend on the measurements and assumptions you enter.

Calculator index

Six transparent tools. One coherent material plan.

Begin with the material or decision in front of you. Each calculator exposes its assumptions and produces quantities that can be sent directly to the local Project Planner.

Deck & railing

Set the geometry first, then turn it into posts, balusters, and full-length stock.

Space balusters evenly

Use this when you know the clear opening and need equal gaps and a whole baluster count.

Gap · count · centres

Position railing posts

Use this when you need post locations and spans, but not a complete material list.

Posts · spans · spacing

Build a railing material list

Use this for posts, balusters, rail stock, waste, and optional prices in one takeoff.

Materials · stock · cost

Fencing

Translate straight runs, corners, and gates into practical primary-material quantities.

Lay out fence posts

Use this when you only need line, terminal, corner, and gate post quantities.

Posts · segments · spacing

Build a chain-link shopping list

Use this for mesh rolls, top rail, posts, gates, tension wire, and optional concrete.

Mesh · rail · posts

Concrete

Account for hole geometry, gravel depth, post displacement, waste, and full bags.

Estimate concrete bags

Use this when you know the post-hole dimensions and bag yield.

Volume · bags · gravel

From field note to purchase list

A takeoff you can follow, not a number you have to trust blindly.

The arithmetic remains connected to the measurements, rounding, and assumptions that produced it.

Measure the layout

Enter the dimensions you have in feet, inches, common fractions, millimetres, centimetres, or metres.

Interrogate the result

Review the formula, purchase rounding, waste allowance, assumptions, and warnings before accepting a quantity.

Assemble one project

Combine takeoffs, add manual materials and local prices, then print a clean shopping list.

Project ledger / example

Back garden boundary

MaterialQuantitySource

Line posts12 eaFence layout

Terminal posts4 eaFence layout

Concrete18 bagsPost holes

Top rail11 pcsChain-link

Mesh3 rollsChain-link

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Clear about what the estimate knows—and what it does not.

These are planning tools, not structural approval. Product instructions, site conditions, installation details, and local requirements still govern the work.

The method stays visible

Formula notes, assumptions, warnings, and purchase-unit rounding accompany the result.

Your project stays local

Names, measurements, notes, and saved takeoffs remain in this browser instead of being uploaded.

Prices stay honest

Enter the prices available to you. The site makes no claim about live retailer pricing or inventory.

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