Free Flooring Takeoff & Estimating Tool
Upload a floor plan (PNG, JPG, WebP or PDF), set the drawing scale, and measure floor areas, timber or hardwood plank, LVP and laminate, carpet, tile, underlay, skirting and scotia directly in your browser. Any floor covering, any units. No signup required.
- Free to use
- No signup required
- No credit card
- Metric & imperial
- Session only — download your results
Flooring digital takeoff
Your plan, connected to quantities and a clearer price. No account needed to start.
Which units do you use?
Choose how measurements and prices appear in this takeoff.
Session only. Download your results before closing this page.
What can you measure?
- Timber plank areas
- Trace each room to get plank flooring areas straight off the plan
- Carpet areas
- Carpet zones measured room by room
- Tile areas
- Tile floors, kitchens, bathrooms and entries by area
- Underlay
- Full coverage underlay areas under any floor covering
- Skirting & scotia
- Perimeter runs by length around every room
- Transition strips
- Doorway and material-change trims by length
- Single items
- Adhesive buckets, sundries and fixings priced per item
How it works
1. Choose your measurement units
Metric (metres) or imperial (feet). Floor areas are measured as drawn - no pitch to worry about.
2. Upload your plan
An image of your floor plan (PNG, JPG, WebP), or the whole PDF - upload up to 50 MB and pick the page you need. Calibrate the scale from any known dimension such as a wall length.
3. Use default flooring components or create up to 7 of your own
Defaults cover timber plank, carpet, tile, underlay, skirting, scotia, transition strips and sundries. Custom components can carry your pricing and waste logic for any material.
4. Measure your floors
Draw areas and lengths directly on your calibrated plan - floor areas, skirting runs, scotia lines, transition positions.
5. Review and finish
Get the full output: floor areas, component totals, and pricing if you added your own rates. Save or continue in QuoteCore+ - optional.
How to measure floors from plans
Upload or screenshot your plan, calibrate the scale from any known dimension (a wall length, a door width), then trace each room as a polygon. Add up the rooms, split by material (plank vs carpet vs tile), and you have floor areas without printing anything or reaching for a scale ruler. The full walkthrough - including scale checks and worked examples - is in our complete PDF plan measuring guide.
How to measure skirting and scotia
Skirting, scotia and transition strips are lineal runs - trace them along the walls on your calibrated plan and the tool totals each run in metres or feet. Deduct doorways where trim is not needed, and remember wardrobe and joinery lines if they get trim too. Waste can be applied as a percentage when you build your own components.
Gross vs usable floor area
Gross floor area is the room as drawn - wall to wall. Usable (net) floor areasubtracts fixed joinery, hearths, stairs and cabinetry that the floor covering does not go under. Order plank, carpet and tile from usable area plus a waste allowance (typically 5-10% for plank, more for tile with a diagonal layout). In this tool, trace the room first, then deduct the fixed items - so you always keep both numbers.
Irregular and open-plan rooms
Raked rooms, angled walls, alcoves and open-plan living areas are just polygons - trace each vertex on the plan and the tool computes the area. No splitting into rectangles, no triangle formulas. Measure each material zone separately so plank, carpet and tile totals stay clean.
Who it’s for
Flooring installers and retailers, builders, renovators, estimators and quantity surveyors, carpet and tile layers, interior designers - and homeowners checking a flooring quote. If your job starts with a plan and ends in m² or metres, this tool is for you.
Measurement methodology
All measurements in this tool are based on the plan scale you calibrate: you set the scale from a known dimension on your drawing, and every traced area, length and item count is then calculated from that calibrated scale. Areas are measured by tracing the boundary of each room or material zone on the drawing; fixed joinery can be traced and deducted separately, and every measurement can be named and labelled by material so totals stay organised. Accuracy depends on the quality of the plan image and the calibration - always check the scale against a second known dimension before measuring. Final quantities, waste allowances and adhesive or fixing requirements should be verified against your specifications and the manufacturer’s installation requirements before ordering.
What is a flooring takeoff?
A flooring takeoff is the process of measuring floors from a drawing, image or plan to determine floor areas and key lengths such as skirting, scotia and transition strips. These measurements can then be used to calculate materials, labour, pricing and quotations. QuoteCore Plus’s free tool handles the measurement stage directly in your browser - timber plank, carpet, tile, any material.
Flooring takeoff for U.S. contractors: areas in square feet, baseboard and shoe molding / quarter-round lengths in linear feet, transitions per unit. Whether you call the trim skirting or baseboard, the flooring hardwood, LVP, vinyl plank, laminate or carpet - the same plan takeoff covers it, and the measurements feed your flooring estimate directly.
Finished measuring? Turn your measurements into a quote with the free Measurement-to-Quote Tool, or send quantities straight to the free quote generator.
Measuring a roof or walls? Try the Free Roof Takeoff Tool or the Free Wall & Cladding Takeoff Tool - the same workflow for roof and wall measurements.
Related free tools
- Free Roof Takeoff Tool - measure roof areas from a plan
- Free Wall & Cladding Takeoff Tool - measure walls, cladding and trims
- Measurement-to-Quote Tool - turn these measurements into a priced quote
- Flooring Calculator - already know your dimensions
- Free Quote Generator - send the customer a quote
- Contractor estimating & quoting software - the full connected workflow
Free flooring takeoff FAQ
Is the QuoteCore Plus free flooring takeoff tool really free?
Yes. The free flooring takeoff tool is completely free with no signup required. There is no account, no payment details, and nothing is saved - each session starts fresh.
Do I need to create an account?
No. You can upload a plan, measure it, and get the full output without an account. Use the free Quote Generator to continue with a document, or explore the paid QuoteCore+ app for saved jobs and reusable pricing.
What is a flooring takeoff?
A flooring takeoff is the process of measuring floors from a drawing, image or plan to determine floor areas and key lengths such as skirting, scotia and transition strips. These measurements are then used to calculate materials, labour, pricing and quotations.
What floor measurements can I take?
Floor areas for timber plank, carpet and tile, underlay areas, skirting and scotia runs, transition strips, single items such as adhesive buckets and sundries, and custom lengths or areas for any material.
Can I upload a PDF plan?
Yes. Upload a multi-page PDF (e.g. council or architect plans) up to 50 MB and pick the page you need - it converts to an image automatically. PNG, JPG and WebP images (up to 10 MB) are also supported.
Can I use my own flooring components and prices?
Yes. Start with example components and fictitious pricing, or customise the same set with your own names, material and labour rates, pack sizes and waste. Review example prices before preparing a customer quote.
Does it work for any floor covering?
Yes. The tool does not assume a material - timber plank, carpet, tile, vinyl, hybrid, laminate, whatever you are pricing. Build components that match your materials and measure any room or floor plan.
Are my plans or measurements saved?
No. Nothing is saved and the session refreshes every time you leave. Your plan is used only for that takeoff session. Download your report before closing the page, or open your quantities in the free Quote Generator. Saved libraries and jobs are available in the paid app.
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