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Use these calculators to estimate material quantities, planning ranges, repair scope, and cost drivers before you buy materials, compare contractor quotes, or choose a repair path. They are not contractor bids, engineering reports, code approvals, or manufacturer instructions.

Calculator categories

Start with the category that matches the project. Each category page lists the specific calculators for that topic.

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Foundation Calculators

Foundation repair, inspections, cracks, slabs, stem walls, basement walls, underpinning, piers, house lifting, waterproofing, and concrete leveling.

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Crawl Space Calculators

Crawl-space repair, waterproofing, drainage, sump pumps, vapor barriers, encapsulation, dehumidifiers, mold, insulation, pier-and-beam repair, beams, joists, and sagging floors.

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Sheathing Calculators

OSB, plywood, wall sheathing, roof sheathing, floor sheathing, gable ends, panel counts, openings, sheet size, and waste.

Popular calculators

Use these first for common repair, inspection, moisture, and material-estimating problems.

Cost calculator

Foundation Repair Cost Calculator

Estimate foundation repair ranges for slabs, crawl spaces, pier-and-beam foundations, walls, water problems, settlement, access, and engineering.

Cost calculator

Crawl Space Foundation Repair Cost Calculator

Estimate repair ranges for sagging floors, water problems, posts, piers, beams, joists, and crawl-space access issues.

Cost calculator

Crawl Space Encapsulation Cost Calculator

Estimate vapor barrier, sealed encapsulation, drainage, insulation, cleanup, and dehumidifier cost ranges.

Cost calculator

Foundation Inspection Cost Calculator

Estimate inspection ranges for contractor visits, crawl-space inspections, engineer reviews, reports, and home-sale decisions.

Material calculator

Sheathing Calculator

Estimate OSB or plywood sheathing sheets for walls, roofs, floors, gable ends, repair areas, openings, panel size, and waste.

Material calculator

Roof Sheathing Calculator

Estimate roof sheathing sheets from roof planes, footprint, pitch factor, roof type, replacement percentage, panel size, and waste.

How to use these calculators

Start with the calculator that matches the problem you can see. If the issue involves water, floor movement, mold smell, damaged framing, cracking, settlement, or a wall that has moved, treat the result as a planning range only.

The real cost or material quantity can change after hidden damage, water source, soil, framing, access, code requirements, manufacturer instructions, and repair scope are checked.

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