Calculate Board Feet and Lumber Cost
A free lumber calculator that works out board feet and cost. Enter the thickness, width, length and quantity of your boards, add a price per board foot, and it returns the board feet per board, the total board feet, the volume and the total cost.
How to calculate board feet
1
Enter the board size
Type the thickness, width and length of one board.
2
Enter the quantity
Type how many boards of that size you need.
3
Add the price
Enter the price per board foot to see the total cost of the order.
Board feet, volume and cost for any lumber order
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Optional — enter the price to get the total cost.
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Board feet each
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Total board feet
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Volume
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Total cost
One board foot is a piece 1 inch thick, 12 inches wide and 1 foot long (144 cubic inches). Lumber is usually priced and sold by the board foot in North America.
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