Flooring estimating software
Measure the plan.
Quote the job.
SquareTally turns an architect's PDF into measured rooms, waste-aware material quantities, and a quote you can create in QuickBooks or download as a branded PDF — all in minutes instead of an evening. It also renders every room in its chosen floor, so clients see the result before they sign.
152.6 sq ft measured vs 153 annotated on a real architect's plan — 99.7% accurate.
Herringbone in the study — 20% waste applied automatically.
Four steps. No CAD degree.
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Upload the plan set
Drop the architect's PDF — even the 34-page submittal. Pick the sheets that matter, skip the rest.
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Trace each room
Calibrate the scale on any known dimension, outline rooms with a few clicks. Square footage, live, at drawing precision.
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Assign and review
Choose the wood and pattern per room, check waste, order quantity and $/sqft, then render the selected floor.
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Choose the output
Create QuickBooks drafts or download a branded PDF quote. Then prepare a customer contract from your own template. You review. You send.
Built for installers turning a written scope into a quote, hardwood flooring dealers checking their own price sheets, and design-build firms working from a plan set.
Free to use, no sign-in: the herringbone waste factor calculator and the square feet to boxes converter.
Questions we get asked
- Does SquareTally work with QuickBooks Online?
- Yes. SquareTally is an Intuit-reviewed app. On a measured project you can create linked material and labor estimate drafts in QuickBooks Online. QuickBooks is optional: choose a branded material PDF quote when you do not want an accounting draft.
- How does it handle waste on herringbone and other patterns?
- Each laying style carries its own waste percentage, which you set. The common defaults are 10% for straight or plank layouts and 20% for herringbone. Ordered quantity is the measured square footage multiplied by one plus the waste factor, rounded up. Our free herringbone waste calculator does the sum for a single room.
- Does it send estimates to clients automatically?
- No. QuickBooks outputs remain drafts, and PDF quotes download to you. SquareTally never emails either output to the client automatically; you review and send it yourself.
- Do I need CAD software or a CAD background?
- No. You upload the architect's PDF, calibrate the scale by clicking two ends of any dimension already printed on the plan, then outline each room with a few clicks. Square footage is computed from the traced polygon at drawing precision.