Home Improvement Cost Calculators
What a project costs depends far more on where you live and what condition your house is in than on any national average. These calculators build an estimate from your actual measurements and published labor rates for your state, and show every line that went into the number.
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Roof replacement
Estimate what a new roof costs in your state. Enter your roof size, pitch, material, and tear-off layers for a low, typical, and high range with the full breakdown and method shown.
$10,500typical · installed, before contingency
What makes up the typical figure
- Installation labor$3,850
- Architectural asphalt shingle — material$3,750
- Tear-off (1 layer)$990
- Synthetic underlayment$450
- Everything else$1,490
Painting inside, or outside
The two jobs share a name and almost nothing else. Interior work is priced by wall area and coats; exterior work is priced by siding type, height, and prep, and the labor rate is not the same trade.
- Interior paintingEstimate the cost to paint the inside of your home. Works out wall area, paint quantity, and labor hours, priced with painter wages for your state.
- Exterior paintingEstimate the cost to paint the outside of your house by siding type, condition, and storeys, with painter wages for your state and preparation costed separately.
Everything else in Home Costs
- HVAC replacementEstimate the cost to replace your heating and cooling system. Sizes the system from your home’s square footage and climate zone, then prices equipment, labor, ductwork, and permits for your state.
- FlooringEstimate flooring costs by material and area, including removal, subfloor preparation, and installation labor priced for your state.
- Window replacementEstimate the cost to replace windows by count, frame material, and glazing, including installation labor priced for your state.
- Bathroom remodelEstimate what a bathroom remodel costs by size, scope, and finish level, with labor priced for your state and a realistic contingency.
- Fence installationEstimate fence cost by length, height, and material, including posts, gates, terrain difficulty, and installation labor priced for your state.
- Deck constructionEstimate the cost to build a deck by size, height, and material, including framing, footings, railings, and stairs, with carpenter wages for your state.
- Siding replacementEstimate siding replacement cost by wall area and material, including removal, sheathing repair, house wrap, and trim, with carpenter wages for your state.
- Gutter installationEstimate gutter replacement cost by length, material, and style, including downspouts, guards, removal, and fascia repair, priced for your state.
How these estimates are built
Labor is the largest line in almost every home project, so it comes from Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data for the specific trade in your state — roofers for a roof, painters for paint — rather than a national construction blend. Material quantities are worked out from your measurements, including waste factors.
Where no public agency publishes what a calculation needs, we say so plainly and label the figure as an assumption rather than dressing it up as sourced. Every result shows its own provenance, and our full method is documented.
- Primary dataset
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
- May 2025
- Coverage
- 10 trades across 51 jurisdictions
- Every estimate
- shows a low, typical and high range, its line-by-line breakdown, and the published source behind each figure.