Can I plan flooring for an L-shaped room?

Yes. Draw the L as one outline and the planner lays the boards through the whole floor, keeping the rows and joints continuous around the corner. You get one layout and one cut list for the whole room.

Does it handle walls that are not at right angles?

Yes. Any wall angle works. Boards that meet an angled wall get an angled cut, and the cut list states the angle and the lengths on both edges.

What about round or curved shapes?

Round and oval shapes can be drawn, as a room or as an object such as a pillar. Pieces that meet a curve are marked as scribe to fit, because a curve is marked from the wall itself rather than measured with a tape.

Do I need exact measurements?

The plan is as accurate as the measurements you enter, down to the millimetre or a sixteenth of an inch. Measure each wall and type the distances in for the best result.

Flooring planner for L-shaped and irregular rooms

Most flooring calculators assume a rectangle: length times width, add 10%, done. Real rooms have chimney breasts, bay windows, angled walls and L-shaped corners, and that is where most of the waste and the awkward cuts come from.

Floor Optimizer lets you draw the room as it really is, corner by corner, and then lays every board into that exact shape. The layout, the waste and the cut list are all worked out for your room.

Draw your room

Free to try. No account needed to start.

In short: Floor Optimizer is a flooring layout planner that plans flooring for L-shaped, angled and irregular rooms, not just rectangles. 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

Draw the outline

Click corner by corner, or type the width and length to start from a rectangle. Corners line up with other corners and walls so the walls come out straight, and you can type the exact length and angle of each wall as you draw. Drag a wall afterwards to adjust it.

Add the odd bits

Angled walls, bays and alcoves are part of the outline, and round or oval areas are drawn as curved shapes. Fixed things inside the room, like a hearth or an island, go in as obstacles.

Run the layout

Every board is placed inside the shape you drew, with each angled or curved cut shown on the plan and listed in the cut list.

What it handles

L-shapes and T-shapes

The layout runs through the whole floor as one piece, so the rows line up around the corner instead of being planned as two separate rectangles.

Angled walls

Boards meeting a wall at an angle are cut on that angle, and the cut list gives the angle and both lengths so you can mark it at the saw.

Round and oval shapes

Round and oval rooms or features can be drawn. Pieces against a curve are marked "scribe to fit" rather than given a fake straight measurement.

Waste that matches the room

Awkward rooms waste more than rectangles. Because the waste is counted from the real layout, you see what your room really costs.

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 plan flooring for an L-shaped room?: Yes. Draw the L as one outline and the planner lays the boards through the whole floor, keeping the rows and joints continuous around the corner. You get one layout and one cut list for the whole room.
Does it handle walls that are not at right angles?: Yes. Any wall angle works. Boards that meet an angled wall get an angled cut, and the cut list states the angle and the lengths on both edges.
What about round or curved shapes?: Round and oval shapes can be drawn, as a room or as an object such as a pillar. Pieces that meet a curve are marked as scribe to fit, because a curve is marked from the wall itself rather than measured with a tape.
Do I need exact measurements?: The plan is as accurate as the measurements you enter, down to the millimetre or a sixteenth of an inch. Measure each wall and type the distances in for the best result.