Drywall Calculator
Enter your room dimensions (length, width, and height) and select the units. Choose whether to include the ceiling, pick a drywall sheet size, specify the coverage of each joint compound bucket, number of coats, and the costs per sheet/bucket. This calculator will estimate total sheets, total compound needed, and overall cost.
About Our Free Drywall Sheets & Joint Compound Calculator
Tackling a renovation or new construction project? Our Drywall Sheets & Joint Compound Calculator takes the guesswork out of estimating materials. Just enter your room dimensions, indicate if you’re including the ceiling, select your sheet size, and provide joint compound coverage plus your desired coats. We’ll calculate how many drywall sheets and how many buckets of joint compound you need, along with an estimated total cost once you supply cost per sheet and bucket.
How It Works:
- We calculate the wall area by
2 * (length + width) * height(for 4 walls). - If you include the ceiling, we add
length * widthfor the ceiling area. - Divide total area by the coverage of one drywall sheet (varies by size) to get the sheets needed.
- For joint compound, we multiply the total area by
number of coatsand divide by thecompound coverage. - We multiply sheets needed by sheet cost, compound buckets by compound cost, then sum for total cost.
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