Framing / Lumber Calculators

Find the number of wall studs, plates, and lumber needed to frame a wall, including corners, intersections, and door/window openings

Find rafter length, cut angles, birdsmouth details, and total rafter count for a gable or shed roof, from your building span, pitch, and overhang

Find the number of OSB or plywood panels and nails needed for a wall or roof, including door/window openings and the nailing schedule

Find the number of floor joists, cut length, rim/band joist quantity, and mid-span blocking needed to frame a floor, from your joist span, building length, and spacing

Find the number of deck joists, ledger board, beam board count, and posts/footings needed to frame a ledger-attached deck, from your joist span, deck length, and post spacing

Find truss count, geometry (height, chord length, overhang), gable end trusses, and truss-to-wall connectors for a prefabricated roof, from your building span, length, pitch, and spacing

Find hip, valley, jack, and common rafter counts, lengths, and cut angles for a stick-framed hip roof or hip-and-valley wing/addition, from your building dimensions, pitch, and rafter spacing

Find riser/tread count, stringer length, throat depth, and stringer count for a cut wood stair stringer, checked against IRC riser/tread/width limits, from your total rise, run, and width

Find fascia board length/count and soffit area/panel count for a gable, hip, or shed roof, from your building dimensions, pitch, and eave/rake overhangs