About FloorCalc Tools

Who We Are

FloorCalc Tools is published by Cross Digital Ventures LLC, a small business based in Kansas City, Missouri, and owned and operated by Bobby Cross. We build free consumer cost calculators for home improvement because the same question keeps coming up — "what should new floors actually cost?" — and the honest answer is usually buried under contractor upsells and lead-generation forms. You can reach a real person anytime through our Contact page.

Why We Built This Site

Flooring quotes vary wildly. Two contractors can walk the same room and come back with estimates $3,000 apart, because labor rates, material markups, and subfloor prep costs differ by market. Most homeowners have no frame of reference going in, which means they have no way to know whether a bid is fair. We built FloorCalc Tools to give you that frame of reference before the first contractor shows up — realistic 2026 cost ranges for hardwood, carpet, and tile, broken down by square footage, material grade, and installation complexity, so you can walk into a quote with confidence.

How Our Estimates Are Built

Every calculator on this site uses cost ranges grounded in real-world pricing — national and regional flooring contractor rates, material costs from major suppliers, and recent consumer project surveys. We account for the factors that actually move the number: room size, material quality (builder-grade vs. mid-grade vs. premium), installation method (nail-down vs. glue-down vs. floating), and subfloor prep. The result is intentionally a range rather than a single figure, because a 200-square-foot bathroom tile job in Kansas City and the same job in San Francisco have different labor costs. Use the low end as a tight budget and the high end as a ceiling before you start calling contractors.

What FloorCalc Tools Is Not

We are not a lead-generation broker that sells your information to a list of flooring companies. We are not affiliated with any specific flooring brand, distributor, or installer. We don't require a sign-up to use the calculators — you run the tool, you get the estimate, that's it. The calculators run entirely in your browser and we never see or store your inputs. When we link to flooring tools or products in our affiliate sections, it's the kind of equipment we'd actually recommend, and we earn a small commission only if you choose to buy. That commission is what keeps the calculators free.

Our Promise

We will keep these calculators free, keep the math honest, and keep the explanations plain. If you spot an estimate that looks off, tell us — we update the tools when real-world pricing drifts. And if a flooring contractor quotes you something wildly outside our range and you want a sanity check, you can reach a real person here.