Building Calculator/Table

[DrScandalous]

Does anyone know if there is a calculator/table out there somewhere that explains how many wood piles it takes to make a wall, large wall, wall with garage door, etc? 

 

I've been trying to create a spreadsheet with formulas that figures it out... but I'm not sure if it's right. 

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ajp4QP0eiSbadDFEYlBVVmJHcldrSzVMelhNSXZOdXc&usp=sharing

[Mercules]

The math is pretty simple. 

Full Floor is 2 half floors which are each 2 1/4 floors. So it is 4 1/4 floors. Makes sense right? :)

1/4 floor is 3 plywood and 3 lumber. As a plywood is 2 lumber that means each 1/4 floor is 9 lumber. Double that for wood piles and you have 18. 18 * 4 = 72 wood piles to make a full floor. 


Small walls are made up of 3 1/3 walls (again obvious) which are the same as 1/4 floors so 9 lumber or 54 wood piles. A large wall takes 1 more plywood and lumber each which means 6 wood piles so  a total of 60. A door in it is another 6 so 66. 

 

 

So say you want 4 small walls, one with a door, and a roof. 72+60+54*3= 294. 

[Fraggla]

Hi,

I'm working on something like that atm.

Except I want to take things one step further: Covering m length + qm² floor to calculate the optimum of floors and walls needed, which would then calculate back into how much stuff would be needed.

Since we're building only with wood atm, it's just wood for now, I might add stonewalls later, ofc. I'd link it here once I'm done.

However if someone could give me the specific length of floors, walls and large walls, that be awesome. (cant access a pc for the next 2 days)