Concrete Overage / Waste Calculator
Add a safety margin to any concrete order so you don't run short mid-pour.
Slabs, footings, columns, stairs, driveways, and everything reinforced with rebar — sized in cubic yards, bags, or ready-mix truck loads. Every calculator here also converts to weight and a cost estimate, so you know what to order and what it costs before you call a supplier.
Add a safety margin to any concrete order so you don't run short mid-pour.
Size the concrete footing for a mailbox post, sign post, or fence post.
Calculate concrete needed for a poured concrete pool deck. Enter deck length, width and thickness, and subtract the pool footprint, to get cubic yards, bags, and cost.
Calculate concrete needed for a hollow poured concrete planter. Enter outer dimensions, wall thickness, and floor thickness to get cubic feet, bags, and cost.
Calculate concrete and cost for poured concrete steps. Enter the number of steps, width, tread depth and riser height to get cubic feet, bags, and estimated cost.
Calculate concrete needed for a poured concrete ramp. Enter ramp length, width, and thickness at the top and bottom to get cubic feet, cubic yards, bags, and cost.
Calculate concrete needed to fill a round tube form (Sonotube). Enter tube diameter, height and quantity to get cubic feet, cubic yards, bags, and cost.
Calculate concrete needed for a trench footing. Enter trench length, width and depth to get cubic feet, cubic yards, bags, and cost for a poured strip footing.
Find out how much your concrete weighs — by slab dimensions or by volume. Standard concrete weighs about 150 lb per cubic foot (4,050 lb per cubic yard)....
Size concrete for round pier footings used under decks, porches, and posts.