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The Fence Material Calculator

Type in the length of a timber paling fence. It works out the posts, rails, palings, nails, screws and cement, then your cost and sell price.

What's in the file

  • Quantities from your own post spacing, rail length and paling width
  • Waste allowance on each item, ready to order
  • A place for your supplier and unit cost on every line
  • Optional labour from metres built per hour
  • Markup or margin, with both shown so you don't mix them up
  • One sample price in italics, so you can see how it works

Using it

  1. Enter the length

    Type the fence length and check the settings in the yellow cells.

  2. Add your prices

    Type your own supplier prices over the sample. Nothing is pre-filled except one example line.

  3. Pick markup or margin

    A 30% markup is a 23.1% margin. The sheet shows both, so you know what you are really making.

It's a calculation aid. Check quantities against your own plans and site measure-up, and allow for gates, slopes and special conditions.

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