Terms of Use

Use the site as planning guidance, not as a guarantee.

These terms set the baseline expectations for how the calculators and guides should be used. The goal is practical clarity, not inflated legal language.

Use of the site

The calculators are meant to help users narrow a buying decision before a final order is placed.

  • Use the calculators and guides for planning and informational purposes.
  • Check product labels, package sizes, supplier specifications, and local requirements before purchasing or installing material.
  • Do not rely on the site as a substitute for professional judgment where safety, structure, code, or licensed trade work is involved.

Estimate accuracy and no warranty

The site aims to be useful, but practical estimating still carries uncertainty.

  • Results depend on the measurements and settings entered by the user.
  • Defaults such as waste, coverage, yield, and depth are planning shortcuts, not guarantees.
  • The site is provided as-is and does not offer a warranty that every result is complete, current, or correct for every product or project condition.

Not professional advice

Users remain responsible for deciding when supplier data or licensed expertise is required.

  • Nothing on the site is engineering, architectural, structural, legal, or licensed trade advice.
  • Local code, permitting, drainage, slope, substrate, and safety decisions should be reviewed separately when the project requires it.

Intellectual property and content use

Content-use rules are kept on this page instead of split into a separate copyright policy.

  • The site content, calculator logic, examples, and page copy remain the property of the site operator unless stated otherwise.
  • Reasonable personal use and internal planning use are allowed, but bulk copying, scraping, republishing, or automated reuse of the site content is not allowed without permission.
  • Quoted references to the site should not imply endorsement, certification, or professional approval that the site does not claim.

Changes to the site

Calculators, defaults, examples, and supporting pages can change as the site is improved.

  • The site operator can update, remove, or replace pages, formulas, defaults, or examples without advance notice.
  • When an estimate-quality issue is reported, the correction path is handled through the Editorial & Estimate Policy.

Contact

Questions about these terms can be sent to the public contact inbox.

Email: [email protected]