From room measurements to a plan you can follow
PlankBuddy focuses on the work between measuring and laying: rows, end joints, the length of every board, cuts, offcuts, and warnings when the rules you set do not fit together.
What the tool calculates
You enter the room shape, measurements, board size and laying rules. From these, the planner creates a laying plan. The same calculation drives the room plan, the cutting plan and the exports, so every measurement can be traced back to a single board. Enter the number of boards per box and the plan also shows how many boxes to buy, with no extra allowance added.
Which rooms and floors it covers
The planner handles rectangular and L-shaped rooms, as well as complex floor areas made of several rectangles. You can mark areas where no boards will be laid. Hybrid, laminate, engineered timber and other click floating floors are planned in straight rows, using your own values for the expansion gap, end pieces and end-joint stagger. Each plan uses one board length, so boxes of random-length boards are not planned exactly.
What PlankBuddy does not promise
The tool does not replace the installation instructions, checking measurements on site, or professional judgement. Walls can be out of square, a subfloor may need preparation, and requirements differ from product to product. The plan is a working guide, not a guarantee.
Measurements are metric
All measurements are in millimetres and floor areas in square metres, as on flooring boxes and product pages in Australia and New Zealand. The planner works in whole millimetres, so round a board size listed with decimals to the nearest millimetre: enter 1219.2 × 177.8 mm as 1219 × 178 mm.
Found a mistake, or a room the planner should handle better? Tell us the room shape, the step you were on and a short description.