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Underlayment calculator.

Estimate underlay packs by effective area or rolls from room width and your specified seam overlap.

FLOORING

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Measurement schematic, not to scale. Use your own dimensions and product specification.

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

Where to get this value

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

Where to get this value

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

Where to get this value

Use the actual usable quantity or dimensions of the product you intend to buy. Check the label and the unit shown here.

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Where to get this value

Enter your own allowance. Presets are input shortcuts, not a construction recommendation.

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Formula and assumptions
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How this calculation works.

Pack mode uses supplied usable coverage. Roll mode lays strips along the room length, deducts your specified overlap at each side seam and permits end-to-end joins. Whole rolls are ordered; cutting and join locations are not optimised. Unlike the floor-covering tool, this estimates the separate underlay layer and its seams.

Packs = ceil(area × allowance / pack area); rolls = ceil(overlapping strip length × allowance / roll length)Calculated with normalised units

A worked example

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

Underlay supply format
Packs by usable area
Length
4 m
Width
5 m
Effective coverage per roll / pack
10 m²
Waste allowance
10 %

Packs to purchase: 3 packs

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.

Method: dimensional arithmetic and user-supplied specifications. Software checks: 2026-10-03. Calculation and review policy.

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