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Floor Plank Row Cut calculator.

Count boards and end offcuts when each row starts with a supplied staggered starter cut.

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Use measurements from your plan and properties from your chosen product. Any prefilled values are illustrative.

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Measure this dimension in your plan or on site and use the displayed unit. For irregular shapes, divide the geometry into the supported sections.

Row group 1
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How this calculation works.

Starter offcuts and end offcuts are listed separately and are not reused across rows. The tool does not choose acceptable joint staggering.

Boards per row = 1 + ceil(max(row length − starter,0)/board length)Calculated with normalised units

A worked example

Illustrative inputs only. Product properties and design dimensions are not recommendations for your project.

Row length
4 m
Board length
2 m
Board installed width
0.2 m
Row group 1
Supplied starter cut length
1 m
Identical rows
3

Purchased full boards: 9 boards

Before you purchase

Use dimensions from your plan and properties from your chosen product. Any design spacing, section or fixing pattern must already be specified.

Starter offcuts and end offcuts are listed separately and are not reused across rows. The tool does not choose acceptable joint staggering.

Method: dimensional arithmetic and user-supplied specifications. Software checks: 2026-10-04. Calculation and review policy.

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