Free, transparent material & labor estimators for home renovation projects. Built from real 2026 contractor pricing — itemized down to the bundle, sheet, and linear foot.
Every calculator is built on 2026 contractor data, with editable assumptions and a fully-itemized breakdown. No email required.
Squares, bundles, tear-off, underlayment, ridge cap. Asphalt, metal, or cedar.
Cubic yards, rebar, mesh, expansion joints. Driveways, patios, garage pads.
Studs, plates, headers, sheathing. 2×4 or 2×6 walls at 16" or 24" on-center.
Sheet count, joint compound, tape, screws. 4×8, 4×10, or 4×12 panels.
Square feet, box count, underlayment, transitions. Includes waste & pattern factor.
Squares, house wrap, trim, corners, soffit and fascia. Vinyl, fiber-cement, cedar, and more.
Cabinets, counters, appliances, plumbing. By kitchen tier & size.
Joists, decking boards, railings, footings. PT, cedar, or composite.
R-value, blow-in cellulose vs. fiberglass batts. With energy-savings model.
Linear feet, downspout count, leaf-guard, drainage capacity.
Gallon count by room, primer needs, two-coat coverage, labor.
What a number like this assumes, what nobody can see until demo, and the questions that turn three different bids into three comparable ones.
Read the guide →Full line-item breakdowns with our sources and method — labor vs. material, what each upgrade really adds, and why smaller jobs cost more per square foot.
See a cost breakdown →Every estimate is itemized: materials, labor, fees, overhead. You can see exactly which assumptions drive the total.
Roofing, siding, concrete, framing, drywall, flooring — 11 project types in active development.
Dimensions, material, region. We pre-fill sensible defaults so you can ballpark in 30 seconds.
Materials, labor, tear-off, disposal, permits, overhead — all broken out separately.
Download a PDF or send it to contractors. Bids more than ±20% off the estimate are worth a second look.
We don't pull prices out of a hat. Every calculator is rebuilt twice a year from published 2026 cost guides, with the source list visible inside each estimate.
Estimates. They reflect typical 2026 prices for a typical project in a given region. Real quotes come from a licensed contractor inspecting your specific site — use our estimate as a sanity check, not a bid.
For well-defined projects (replacing existing materials with industry-standard alternatives), our estimates fall within roughly ±10% of the median of 3 contractor bids — with a typical band of ±8–12%. Larger structural work has more variance.
Even within the same region, contractor pricing varies ±20% based on backlog, crew size, and overhead structure. The low–high range reflects that real-world spread.
No. There are no accounts on this site at all — nothing to sign up for, and nothing to buy. Every calculator is free and works immediately.
Labor pricing is adjusted by a regional multiplier (0.88 for low-cost regions to 1.45 for major metros). Materials are national averages — they don't vary as much as labor.
Yes — both for sanity-checking their own numbers and for walking a client through what a scope actually includes. Every calculator lists the published sources behind its cost data, so you can see where a figure came from.
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