Story Pole Tools

Takeoff that shows its work

Material calculators for concrete, masonry and tile — with the drawing, the code check, and a ticket you can hand to the supply house.

A story pole is a marked stick a mason keeps beside the wall so every course lands where it should. One reference, checked against, every time. That is what these are.

Every page draws it

Cut stringers, grouted cells, trowel ridges, layer sections — drawn to scale and redrawn as you type. Seeing the section is how you catch a mistake before you cut.

Checked, not copied

Coverage figures tested against manufacturer charts, not lifted from other calculators. Where the standard formula is wrong, we say so and correct it.

A ticket, not a number

Output is a material list you can copy or print — bags, tons, linear feet — sized to what the supplier actually sells.

Works with no signal

Everything runs in the browser. No signup, no upload, nothing leaves the phone. Load a page once and it works in the basement.

Concrete & Masonry

Seven tools — pours, walls, and everything that comes in a bag

Carpentry

Six tools — layout, lumber and structure

Interiors

Five tools — board, paint, trim and floor covering

Exteriors

Three tools — what goes on the outside

Sitework

Two tools — what goes under and inside the pour

Plumbing

One tool — setting out a run

HVAC

Two tools — air and load

Why these are different

Most material calculators are a form and a number. That is fine until the number is wrong in a way you cannot see — a mosaic that needs a third more grout than geometry says, a bag of premix that lays a quarter of what the estimating guide assumed, a 2×10 stringer with not enough left after notching to hold anyone up.

Every tool here was built by working the numbers out and then checking them against manufacturer data and trade practice. Where those two disagree, the page says which it is using and why. Where a figure is derived rather than sourced, it says that too, and lets you override it.

The output is a material ticket rather than a bare quantity, because what you actually need at 6am is something to hand across a counter.

Quantity takeoff, not structural design. These tools estimate material. They do not size members for load, verify connections, or replace a stamped drawing or an inspection. Code figures follow the model IRC and IBC — your jurisdiction may amend them. Verify locally before you cut, pour or order.