Can I compare two flooring products for one room?

Yes. Enter the first, then change the board size and price and the floor re-lays. Duplicate the project to keep both versions.

Do I need to redraw the room for each option?

No. A duplicate copies the room plan, the boards and every setting, so you only change what you are comparing.

Does a duplicate keep my room unlock?

No. A copy is a new project, so its full figures come with Pro or its own unlock. Inside an unlocked room you can try as many boards and patterns as you like.

Can I compare directions too?

Yes. With the Less waste or Fewer cuts goal, the Direction cards show the floor along, across and on the diagonal, and mark which wastes least or cuts least.

Compare boards, patterns and layouts for the same room

Choosing a floor usually means choosing between a couple: wide planks or standard ones, herringbone or a straight lay. Each choice changes the waste, the cutting and the price, and you only find out by how much in your room once it is laid out.

Floor Optimizer re-lays the floor every time you change the boards, the pattern or the goal, so trying an option takes seconds. To keep options side by side, duplicate the project and change one thing in the copy.

Compare your options

Free to try. No account needed to start.

In short: Floor Optimizer is a flooring layout planner that compares different boards, patterns and layouts for the same room before I buy. It lays every board in your real room and gives you the waste, the packs to buy and a board-by-board cut list.

How it works in Floor Optimizer

Plan the first option

Draw the room once, enter the first boards and pick a pattern.

Change one thing

Switch the board, the pattern, the direction or the layout goal. The floor re-lays as you go.

Keep the options you like

With a free account, duplicate the project to save an option as its own copy. The original stays as it was.

What it handles

Board sizes

Wide or narrow, long or short: the row widths, offcuts and packs change with the board, and the plan shows how.

Patterns

Herringbone and chevron waste more than planks, and more so in small rooms. See the figure for your room before you choose.

Layout goals

Balanced look, Less waste and Fewer cuts give different floors. Under Balanced look, the full plan shows how much more it wastes than the leanest floor.

Cost

Enter each product's price per pack or per board and compare the totals for the whole job.

What is Floor Optimizer?

Floor Optimizer is an online flooring layout planner for DIYers and flooring fitters. You draw your room or whole floor plan to your measurements, enter the boards you plan to buy and pick a laying pattern, and it places every board in your actual room shape. From that layout it works out the waste, the exact packs to buy and a board-by-board cut list, so the floor is planned before anything is bought or cut. It runs in the browser on a computer, tablet or phone.

What it is: A browser-based flooring layout planner, cut list generator and pack calculator in one.
Who it is for: Homeowners laying their own floor, and flooring fitters quoting and planning jobs.
Materials: Laminate, vinyl plank (LVT), engineered and solid wood, and other boards or tiles laid in rows or patterns.
Rooms: Any shape: rectangles, L-shapes, angled walls, bays, curves and obstacles, typed to the millimetre or 1/16 inch. A whole floor plan can be split into rooms by walls, joined by doorways.
Patterns: Straight lay, running bond, random stagger, strip plank, herringbone, chevron, basketweave and windmill.
What you get: The full layout, waste percentage, exact pack count and cost, a board-by-board cut list, and a printable PDF install pack (the full plan comes with an unlock or Pro).
Price: Free to try without an account, with the layout preview and a sample of the cut list. A one-time payment unlocks the full plan for a room; Floor Optimizer Pro is a monthly subscription for every room.

Frequently asked questions

Can I compare two flooring products for one room?: Yes. Enter the first, then change the board size and price and the floor re-lays. Duplicate the project to keep both versions.
Do I need to redraw the room for each option?: No. A duplicate copies the room plan, the boards and every setting, so you only change what you are comparing.
Does a duplicate keep my room unlock?: No. A copy is a new project, so its full figures come with Pro or its own unlock. Inside an unlocked room you can try as many boards and patterns as you like.
Can I compare directions too?: Yes. With the Less waste or Fewer cuts goal, the Direction cards show the floor along, across and on the diagonal, and mark which wastes least or cuts least.