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Answer a few questions about your house and the job, and each calculator gives you a realistic price range, what moves the price up or down, and whether a quote you already have looks fair. Every range shows where its numbers come from.
Calculators
Water Heater Replacement Cost Calculator
Tank or tankless, gas or electric: the installed price range, plus a check on whether a quote is fair and whether a flush would do instead.
Sewer Line Repair and Replacement Cost Calculator
Spot repair, trenchless lining or full replacement: price by length, depth and method, and how to read a sewer quote.
Water Damage Restoration Cost Estimator
Clean, gray or black water, by square footage: what drying and repair usually cost and what insurance tends to cover.
Mold Remediation Cost Estimator
Price by affected area and location in the house, plus when testing is worth paying for.
Foundation Repair Cost Calculator
Piers, slab jacking or wall bracing: the range for your foundation type and the signs that change the price.
Crawl Space Encapsulation Cost Calculator
By square footage and what is included: vapor barrier, dehumidifier, sump pump and insulation.
French Drain Cost Estimator
Exterior or interior, by length and location: the installed price, a materials-only DIY estimate, and how much gravel to order.
AC and HVAC Replacement Cost Calculator
By home size, system type and efficiency rating: the installed price and what the extras on a quote are.
Roof Leak Repair Cost Estimator
By roof type and what is leaking: flashing, shingles, vents or decking, and when repair stops making sense.
Water Softener Installation Cost Calculator
Sized to your household and water hardness: the installed price, salt costs, and a check on quoted prices.
Days Until Christmas Countdown
Days, sleeps, hours and seconds to Christmas in your own time zone, plus weekends and paydays left and a countdown to any holiday or date.
What Size Generator Do I Need? Calculator
Add up running and starting watts from a manufacturer chart, adjust for propane or natural gas, see the size tier, and estimate fuel for an outage.
Hot Tub Running Cost Calculator
Monthly electricity by tub size, water temperature, outside air and your kWh price, with a budget solver and optional jets, water and chemicals.
Space Heater Cost to Run Calculator
Cost per hour, day, month and season for your heater's watts, setting and hours, at your state's latest EIA electricity price, with CPSC safety habits.
Turkey Size, Thaw and Cooking Time Calculator
USDA's per-person turkey size, then a timeline worked back from dinner: when to thaw, when it goes in the oven, when it is done and when leftovers go away.
Dog Chocolate Toxicity Calculator
Chocolate type, amount and dog weight to a mg/kg dose range and the Merck Veterinary Manual band it falls in, with the poison control number first.
Dog Pregnancy Due Date Calculator
Due-date window from a breeding date or a vet-timed ovulation, LH or diestrus date, with dated ultrasound, X-ray and whelping milestones.
FERS Supplement Calculator
OPM's formula for the FERS annuity supplement, the months it is paid, and the earnings test year by year, including the July start and the special-provision MRA rule.
IRMAA Calculator and SSA-44 Checker
Your Medicare Part B and Part D income surcharge from the official CMS table, how close you are to each cliff, and whether a life-changing event on form SSA-44 fits.
Categories
Home repair costs
Water heaters, sewer lines, water damage, foundations, roofs and more: what the job usually costs and what pushes the price up or down.
Fun & Holidays
Countdowns and other quick, playful calculators, like how many days until Christmas.
Energy & power
Generator sizing, hot tub running costs and other what-will-this-draw calculators, with buying guides timed to the sales.
Pets
Dog health and care calculators built on veterinary references, starting with chocolate toxicity and pregnancy due dates.
Money
Federal retirement, Medicare premium and land loan calculators built on the official formulas, with the sources on every result.
How these calculators are different
- Ranges, not one magic number. Real jobs vary. We show the low, typical and high end and what causes each.
- Sources on every page. Cost data comes from published pricing data and industry sources, listed under each calculator with the date we last checked it.
- A quote check. Already have a quote? Enter it and see where it falls.
- Plain disclosure. Nothing on the site is paid yet. When we add offers to connect you with a local pro, we may be paid when you use them. Here is exactly how that works.