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Hardwood Flooring Calculator

Solid or engineered hardwood boards, underlay and expansion gap for a room.

Enter values

Results update as you type.

Result

Boards required

116

Let solid wood acclimatise in the room for at least 48 hours before laying.

Floor area
24 m²
Area to buy
26.4 m²
Rows across the room
22
Expansion gap to leave
12 mm all round
Underlay
24 m²
Flooring cost
$1,188.00

About the Hardwood Flooring Calculator

Solid or engineered hardwood boards, underlay and expansion gap for a room.

Also known as: wood floor calculator, engineered wood flooring, timber flooring quantity, parquet calculator.

How to use this calculator

  1. Enter room length, room width, board length, board width and the other fields.
  2. The result updates instantly as you type — press Calculate (or Enter) at any time.
  3. Review the breakdown shown under the main result.
  4. Use Copy result or Share to save the answer or send a link with your inputs.

Formula

boards = area × (1 + waste) ÷ board area

Worked example

Using the values pre-filled in the calculator above:

  • Room length = 6 m
  • Room width = 4 m
  • Board length = 1,200 mm
  • Board width = 190 mm
  • Cutting waste = 10 %
  • Price per m² = 45

the calculator returns:

  • Boards required: 116
  • Floor area: 24 m²
  • Area to buy: 26.4 m²
  • Rows across the room: 22