Rate Sorted Materials calculator

Materials calculator: how much to buy, waste included

Add the job quantity, waste allowance and merchant price. It shows what to buy and what it costs.

Free for any trade, and your figures stay in this browser while you use it.

What should you buy?

Material quantity and cost

Sample figures. Change them to price your job.

Your tradefor the quote handoff

Quantity in the jobbefore waste

Work it out from a room

Lengthmetres

Widthmetres

Heightmetres

Doorshow many

Windowstotal m², your own

Coatsfor the paint line

Include the ceiling

Each door counts as 1981 by 762 mm, the most common UK internal door size JB Kind states.

Add the length, width and height and the area works out here.

Unitwhat the merchant price is for

Waste allowanceyour figure for this job

Merchant price per square metrethe price you can actually buy at

Free, your figures stay in this browser while you use the tool, and there is nothing to sign up for.

The £39 Rate Book prices every job, writes the quote and the invoice, and puts the tax by.See what is in it

Measure, add waste, then price it

Measure the job first. Length times width, or height for a wall, gives the area in square metres.

Add your waste allowance on top. With the sample figures, 10% on 20 square metres means buying 22.

We hold no sourced waste figure for any trade, so the allowance is always yours to set.

Then price it at your merchant rate. Check the unit: a price per tin is not a price per square metre.

Use the materials cost in the job profit margin calculator.

Need to price the van behind the job? Use the van cost calculator.

Price the labour by the square metre with the price per m² calculator.

Work out my day rateFree, no login, and nothing is stored unless you ask for the PDF.

See what is in itThe £39 Rate Book helps you price jobs, plan tax and track unpaid invoices.