How do you measure flooring from a floor plan?

Upload the PDF, set the scale, then trace each room with the area tool for square metres. Add the wastage for your product and divide by the coverage per box to get packs to order. MetreMate totals the areas so you quote without printing or a scale ruler.

How many boxes of flooring do I need from a plan?

Measure the floor area in square metres, add your wastage, then divide by the square metres each box covers and round up to whole boxes. MetreMate gives you accurate per room areas straight off the plan.

What wastage should I add for vinyl plank or laminate?

Allow roughly 5 to 10 percent for straight glue down vinyl plank and 10 to 15 percent for click lock or diagonal lay. Measure the real areas in MetreMate first, then apply your standard wastage so quotes stay consistent.

How do I work out underlay from a floor plan?

Underlay follows the floor area, so trace the same rooms with the area tool for square metres and add a small overlap allowance for the roll joins. MetreMate totals the areas, then you divide by the coverage per roll of your acoustic or foam underlay and round up.

How do I measure skirting and scotia for a flooring job?

Measure the room perimeter with the perimeter tool for lineal metres, deduct the doorways, and keep each room clear on its own layer. MetreMate totals the runs so your scotia, skirting and trim order matches the floor area you have quoted.

How do I quote flooring across a whole house from one plan?

Trace each room on its own layer so wet areas, bedrooms and living zones stay separate, and MetreMate keeps a running total for every layer. That lets you split the job by product, hybrid in the living areas and tile elsewhere, and quote each area with its own wastage off the same PDF.

MetreMate for Flooring Suppliers

Vinyl, laminate and hybrid quantities from the plan

Measure floor areas in square metres, convert to boxes, and add the right wastage per product, straight from a PDF plan.

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Under 90s to your first measurement

Why flooring suppliers choose MetreMate

Flooring suppliers use MetreMate to measure floor areas off a PDF plan and convert them to boxes. Set the scale, trace each room for its square metres, add the right wastage for the product (around 5 to 10 percent for glue down vinyl plank, more for click lock or diagonal lay), and measure perimeter for skirting and scotia. Layers keep the job organised room by room, so staff quote hybrid, laminate, LVT and timber consistently without a scale ruler.

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Quote in minutes, not hours

Set the scale once and measure straight off the PDF. Your first measurement takes under 90 seconds, and it's free to start.

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The slow way, or the smart way

What changes when flooring suppliers measure in MetreMate instead of off a printout.

Without MetreMate

Summing room square metres and converting to packs by hand
Choosing the right wastage per product from hybrid to laminate to timber
Underlay and trim quantities getting missed

With MetreMate

Area tool for per room square metres
Perimeter for skirting and scotia
Layers room by room
Auto scale detection from the PDF
Pencil tool for freehand mark-ups, and to add your initials or signature by hand

500+

Tradies using MetreMate

50,000+

Measurements taken

90s

Average time to measure

Everything you can measure off the plan

Set the scale once, then pull the quantities flooring suppliers actually quote on.

Lengths & lineal metres

Any distance, edge, or run measured straight off the plan.

Areas in m²

Trace rooms, slabs, and zones for instant square metres.

Perimeters

Boundary and edge runs totalled for you, no maths.

Counts

Tap to count fixtures, fittings, and symbols with live totals.

Step by step

How flooring suppliers use MetreMate

1
Floor area takeoff
Trace each room for square metres and underlay straight off the plan.
2
Boxes and wastage
Convert square metres to boxes per product and apply the right wastage.
3
Trims and scotia
Measure perimeter in lineal metres for skirting and scotia and keep rooms on layers.

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