Floor coverings (laminate / LVT / engineered wood / carpet): calculator for UK builders
Answer the measurements this calculation needs and JobBosh works out the materials with wastage and pack rounding, the labour hours by role, the plant, the waste and the site needs - then prices them from your own figures, a supplier's quotation or a dated price you record. Free, no account needed to start.
What it works out
- Material: Laminate; Underlay
- Labour: Lay floor covering and trims
- Waste: Off-cuts, packaging, old covering
The questions it asks
| Question | Unit / choices | Required? | Help |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floor area | m2 | required | |
| Covering | one of: laminate, lvt click, lvt glue down, engineered wood, carpet | optional - default laminate (labelled assumed) | |
| Sub-floor preparation | one of: none, ply overlay, self levelling | optional - default none (labelled assumed) | |
| Room perimeter (for trims / gripper) | m | optional - default 0 (labelled assumed) |
The norms behind it, with their sources
Coverage, productivity and wastage defaults you can edit; each carries where it comes from and is shown as assumed until your own benchmark replaces it.
| Norm | Value | Source | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lay click flooring per m2 | 0.3 hr/m2 | trade practice | assumed |
| Lay glue-down LVT per m2 | 0.5 hr/m2 | trade practice | assumed |
| Lay carpet + underlay per m2 | 0.25 hr/m2 | trade practice | assumed |
| Ply / self-levelling per m2 | 0.3 hr/m2 | trade practice | assumed |
A worked example
Answers used: Floor area 20 m2; Covering laminate; Sub-floor preparation none; Room perimeter (for trims / gripper) 0 m. These are the recipe's own quantities for those answers - the prices are yours, the supplier's or a quotation's, never a figure typed on a web page.
| Kind | Line | Quantity | How it is worked out |
|---|---|---|---|
| material | Laminate | 22 m2 22 x m2 - packs / rolls by m2 | 20 m2 +10 % |
| material | Underlay | 21 m2 3 x roll - ~10 m2 rolls | 20 m2 |
| labour | Lay floor covering and trims | 6 hr | 20 m2 x 0.3 h/m2 |
| waste | Off-cuts, packaging, old covering | 0.4 m3 | 20 m2 x 0.02 m3/m2 |
Labour on this example: about 6 hours across the roles; at your rates it becomes money.
Site questions this work raises: Protection and cleanliness.
Then what
Price the lines from your crew rates and your material prices (each with its source and date), answer the site questions (parking, skip, welfare, power, water, protection), let JobBosh draft the supplier enquiries you approve, and issue a branded quotation your customer accepts on a secure link. Guest work is kept for 14 days; a free account keeps it for good.
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