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CalcRafter

Free browser-based calculators for construction material quantities and typical costs, with monthly US concrete and gravel prices from BLS data. It runs in the browser with no account, download or ads. It doesn't do takeoffs from drawings or structural design, and prices are national averages, so confirm local quotes before committing. The cost calculators show typical installed prices per square foot for concrete slabs, driveways, roofs, siding and fences. The concrete and crushed stone price pages update monthly from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics producer price indexes, anchored to NRMCA and USGS national averages.

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CalcRafter Overview

CalcRafter is a free set of construction calculators for estimators, contractors and homeowners in the US. Enter your dimensions and it works out concrete in cubic yards, gravel and sand in tons, roofing squares and bundles, Hardie siding planks, fence posts and pickets, concrete blocks, rebar, topsoil, sod and insulation. Each page shows the formula it uses and lists its sources, so you can check the math by hand.

The cost calculators show typical installed prices per square foot for concrete slabs, driveways, roofs, siding and fences. The concrete and crushed stone price pages update monthly from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics producer price indexes, anchored to NRMCA and USGS national averages. Price history can be downloaded as CSV.

It runs in the browser with no account, download or ads. It doesn't do takeoffs from drawings or structural design, and prices are national averages, so confirm local quotes before committing.

CalcRafter is a free set of construction calculators for estimators, contractors and homeowners in the US. Enter your dimensions and it works out concrete in cubic yards, gravel and sand in tons, roofing squares and bundles, Hardie siding planks, fence posts and pickets, concrete blocks, rebar, topsoil, sod and insulation. Each page shows the formula it uses and lists its sources, so you can check the math by hand.

The cost calculators show typical installed prices per square foot for concrete slabs, driveways, roofs, siding and fences. The concrete and crushed stone price pages update monthly from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics producer price indexes, anchored to NRMCA and USGS national averages. Price history can be downloaded as CSV.

It runs in the browser with no account, download or ads. It doesn't do takeoffs from drawings or structural design, and prices are national averages, so confirm local quotes before committing.

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