Practical help, one step at a time

A little help.
A clearer next step.

Useful tools for everyday projects. Start with flooring and paint: measure your room, compare materials and build a shopping list.

Plan my room ↗

US planner · feet & dollars →

Available now: flooring and paint planners. No account needed.

Explore our flooring tools

Miniature room with oak flooring samples and a measuring tape — Measure your rooms, then compare whole-pack quantities.

How many packs of laminate do you need?

Measure your room in metres, choose an allowance for cuts, and compare whole packs from recorded UK store products.

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Separate oak board, underlay roll and concrete material samples — Compare quantities and check the instructions for your exact floor and subfloor.

Plan laminate underlay for a concrete floor.

Start with the concrete subfloor, then check moisture protection and heating requirements alongside the quantity you need.

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Oak flooring sample beside a heating pipe and a thermostat — Identify your heating system before choosing the floor and underlay.

Match the plan to your heating system.

Tell us whether the system is water or electric. Compare pack quantities while keeping product restrictions and missing evidence visible.

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Painting tools

Walls, ceiling, primer. One clear shopping list.

Measure in UK or US units, compare whole containers and plan each coating separately.

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Sage paint tins, a roller, a tray and paint swatches beside a miniature wall — Plan paint and primer quantities with your chosen coverage and coats.

Practical answers, with the working shown.

Our current tools turn room measurements into whole-pack and paint-container estimates. Review editable assumptions, product coverage and source dates before you buy.

The catalog is a sample of UK and US listings, with ordinary store links and no configured commission arrangement. Quantity estimates keep installation questions visible. Read how the tools work.

Planning a floor in the US? Use the square-foot flooring calculator or count underlayment rolls.