Deck and fence calculators
22 calculators. Every one runs in your browser, none asks for an email, and the ones that touch money take your own quoted prices rather than inventing an average.
They chain. For a deck: measure the area with thedeck square footage calculator, size the joists with thejoist span calculator, the beam and posts with thebeam span calculator, the footings with thefooting size calculator, then countdeck boards and price it with thedeck cost calculator. For a fence: thefence post calculator, thenconcrete for the posts, then thefence cost calculator.
Deck framing & structure
9 toolsDeck joist span calculator
Maximum joist span by species, size and spacing, straight off the IRC table.
Deck beam span calculator
Maximum beam span and post count from IRC Table R507.5(1), by species, size and plies.
Deck board calculator
Boards, linear feet and screw count for a deck of any size and board width.
Deck board spacing calculator
Gap, board count and where the butt joints land across the joists.
Deck footing size calculator
Footing diameter from tributary area, load and soil bearing — depth stays your frost line.
Deck stair calculator
Rise, run, stringer length and tread count for a code-legal flight.
Board foot calculator
Board feet and price for rough lumber, one piece or a whole cut list.
Concrete calculator for deck footings
Cubic yards and bags for tube, pad, pad-and-pier and belled deck footings.
Deck square footage calculator
Area and perimeter of an L-shaped, angled or round deck, cut-outs subtracted.
Fence building
4 toolsFence post depth calculator
How deep to set a post for its height, its role and your local frost line.
Fence post calculator
Post count, spacing and rail lengths for a run of any length.
Fence post concrete calculator
Bags of concrete per hole and for the whole run, by hole size.
Chain link fence calculator
Posts, rail, fabric rolls, bands, ties and gates for a chain link run, priced with your numbers.
Materials & finishes
3 toolsDeck stain calculator
Gallons for a deck of any size, by surface and coat count.
Composite deck cost calculator
Composite boards, hidden clips and the frame under them, priced from your own quotes.
Fence stain calculator
Gallons for a fence — both faces, posts and rails — by style and wood condition.
Costs, codes & permits
6 toolsDeck cost calculator
Material and labour cost for a deck, broken out line by line.
Fence cost calculator
Fence cost from your own post, rail, picket and gate prices, with the per-foot figure as the output.
Privacy fence cost calculator
Privacy fence cost by style — solid, shadowbox or spaced picket — with post, concrete and labour lines.
Deck replacement cost calculator
Repair boards, resurface the old frame, or rebuild — three costs side by side.
Fence removal cost calculator
Tear-out, post removal, haul-away and permit from your own rates, plus an optional new fence.
Deck bid template
A printable bid: scope, materials, labour and total.