Guides for the job site.
Plain, practical notes for flooring installers wherever they work, with the arithmetic shown in imperial and metric. They follow a job from the first measurement to the deposit. Rules on tax, deposits and contracts vary by country, so check the ones where you work.
How to measure a room for flooring
Sketch, split into rectangles, measure twice. Floor area in square feet or square metres, closets, doorways and baseboard, with an L-shaped example.
How many boxes of flooring do you need?
Coverage per box, waste, and why you always round up, plus when combining rooms saves a box.
Herringbone vs diagonal vs straight lay
Typical waste ranges, layout and install time for each pattern, and how to price the labor.
How to write a flooring quote customers sign
What to include and a sample line-item layout, with every total checked.
Taking deposits on flooring jobs
How much to ask for, local rules, card vs payment apps and bank transfers, and what to put in writing.
Measuring rooms with iPhone LiDAR
What LiDAR is, which iPhones have it, what affects accuracy, and tips for a clean scan.
Parquo does this arithmetic on the job, on your iPhone. See how it works.