EVERYDAY PROBLEMS · WORKED OUT

Measure it. Calculate it.
Worked It Out.

From decorating a room to transforming the garden or working out what an extra shift is worth — tell us what you know and we’ll work out the rest.

📷 Try Photo Measure → Explore calculators

📷Photo MeasureEstimate areas from a calibrated photo

🧾Project PlannerBudget + shopping checklist

£Plan the costMaterials, decor & budget

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Paint15L · 3 tins

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Turf42 rolls

Overtime£180 extra

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Flooring8 packs

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NEW · PLAN MY PROJECT

Build a budget. Keep a moodboard. Organise the whole job.

Keep inspiration images beside your plan, choose what you want to change, set a budget and turn it into a practical shopping checklist with retailer searches.

Open Project Planner → Use Photo Measure first

🖼MoodboardYour inspiration images

✓Your changesPick what you want to improve

£Your budgetBudget / balanced / dream

🛍Shopping planRetailer searches now; affiliates later

POPULAR CALCULATORS

What are you working on?

Pick a tool and get the numbers you need without spreadsheets, formulas or guesswork.

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Paint CalculatorLitres, tins and estimated cost

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Flooring CalculatorArea, packs, wastage and cost

Open → 🌱

Turf CalculatorLawn area, rolls and spend

Open → 🪵

Fencing CalculatorPanels, posts and estimated cost

Open →

HOME & DIY · FEATURED TOOL

Paint Calculator UK

Work out exactly how much paint you need, how many tins to buy and what it could cost.

Your Room & Paint Details

▣ ROOM DIMENSIONS

Room Length

Room Width

Wall Height

Tip: Measure the longest length and width.

Doors

door

Standard allowance used Windows

window

Standard allowance used

🖌 PAINT DETAILS

How many coats? What kind of paint?

Advanced options

Extra allowance

10% is a sensible default. Tin size Price per tin optional

Leave blank if you only want quantity.

You only need the room measurements. WorkedItOut uses sensible paint assumptions unless you choose otherwise.

🔒 All calculations are done in your browser. Nothing is stored.

Your Results

✓ Calculated

Your calculated requirement

15.0 LITRES

including your allowance

That’s 3 × 5 Litre tins(15 litres in total)

Usable paint required (no waste)12.8 L

Wastage allowance (10%)+ 1.3 L

Total paint required15.0 L

Estimated Paint CostBased on £32.00 per 5L tin

£96.00

Why the extra?

Adding a little extra paint helps cover uneven surfaces, absorption, touch-ups and future repairs.

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NEXT STEP Ready to buy your paint?

Use your result to shop the right quantity. Retailer links can be connected to affiliate partners later.

Some retailer links may earn WorkedItOut a commission at no extra cost to you.

Why use WorkedItOut?

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Accurate

Accounts for doors, windows, coats and waste so you buy just what you need.

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Save Money

Avoid overbuying or running short. Get the right amount the first time.

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Save Time

Quick, easy and mobile friendly. Calculate in seconds, not hours.

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DIY Friendly

Designed for real homes and real DIYers across the UK.

WORKEDITOUT MEASUREMENT ASSIST

Can’t measure it?
We’ll help work it out.

WorkedItOut shouldn’t assume you already know the maths or dimensions. Measurement Assist guides you from “I have no idea” to a usable estimate.

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Guided measuringStep-by-step prompts showing exactly what to measure and where.

FREE

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Irregular shape builderSplit a room or garden into simple sections and combine the area automatically.

FREE

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Estimate from known objectsUse things like standard fence panels as a rough reference when exact measuring isn’t possible.

FREE

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Photo measurement assist →Upload a photo, calibrate it with one known length, trace the area and send the estimate to a calculator.

TRY IT

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Map / aerial measurementFuture tool: outline a lawn or garden on a map and calculate approximate area.

PRO

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Visual room builderFuture tool: add wall lengths one by one and build a simple room plan visually.

PRO

TRY THE GUIDED MODE

Garden measurement helper

Choose the option that best describes your garden.

Garden length

Garden width

Your estimated area will appear here.

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Can’t easily measure? Use the estimate options instead. WorkedItOut will clearly label rough estimates so you know how much confidence to place in the result.

WORKEDITOUT PRO · MY HOME

Worked it out once.
Reuse it everywhere.

Save rooms, gardens and spaces to your WorkedItOut profile so future calculators can use the same measurements instantly.

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Saved spacesLiving room, bedroom, garden, hallway and more.

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Reuse measurementsLoad a saved room straight into paint, flooring or wallpaper tools.

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Build projects fasterCombine saved spaces with calculations and estimated costs.

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Sync across devicesFuture account feature for phone, tablet and desktop.

DEMO PROFILE

My Home

3 saved spaces

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Living Room4.8m × 3.9m × 2.4m

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Bedroom4.1m × 3.4m × 2.4m

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Back Garden8.0m × 5.0m

ACTIVE PROJECT

Living Room Refresh

🎨 Paint£96

📐 Flooring£224

🧱 Wallpaper£88

Estimated total£408

TRY IT

Reuse a saved space in a calculator

Tap “Use” on a saved room or garden above and WorkedItOut fills the relevant calculator for you.

No saved space loaded yet.

✦ WORKEDITOUT PRO

Plan it. Save it.
Keep the whole project together.

Pro is being built around saved homes and projects: cloud-synced measurements, project folders, richer shopping lists, history and convenience features.

✓Save calculationsKeep rooms, projects and results in one place.

✓Project foldersGroup paint, flooring and other calculations by project.

✓Calculation historyReopen and edit previous calculations instead of starting again.

✓Export & shareCreate a clean project summary for yourself or someone else.

✓Ad-light experienceKeep the workspace focused while supporting the free tools.

✓Advanced project planningSaved rooms, measurements, budgets and shopping lists kept together across devices.

FOUNDING PLAN IDEA

£2.99/ month

Or an annual option later. We won’t charge anything until accounts and payments are actually built.

No payment system is connected in this prototype.

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