Flooring cut list generator: every board and every cut, planned before you buy
A cut list tells you which boards to cut, to what length, in what order, before the saw comes out. Most flooring calculators stop at square metres and a waste percentage; this one lays every board in your actual room shape and turns the layout into a numbered cutting plan you can follow at the saw.
It works as a laminate cut planner, a vinyl plank cut planner or a wood flooring cut planner, and the same logic applies to any rigid board you lay in rows: enter your own board length, width and pack size, and the plan is computed for the boards you are actually buying.
Free to try. No account needed to start.
How the cut list generator works
Draw your room
Sketch the floor to your measurements, with doorways, alcoves and obstacles like islands or hearths. L-shapes, angled walls and several rooms at once all work.
Enter your boards, pick a pattern
Set the board length, width and boards per pack from the box you plan to buy, then choose the laying pattern and stagger. The generator plans the layout to the millimetre.
Get the cut list
Every board is numbered on the layout and listed with its cuts, so you can work through the floor row by row and take the list straight to the saw.
See it in action
What the cut list includes
Board-by-board cutting steps
Offcuts reused, waste kept down
The exact packs to buy
Joint rules built in
Metric or imperial
Export and print
A worked example: the cut list for a 4 x 3.5 m bedroom
This is the start of a real cut list from the generator. The room is 4 x 3.5 m with a 10 mm expansion gap at every wall, laid with 1285 x 192 mm laminate in packs of 9, random stagger, end pieces of at least 300 mm and joints at least 300 mm apart. Each saw cut allows 3 mm for the blade.
| Board | Cut it into | Where the pieces go | Offcut |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Full length, ripped to 108 mm wide | Row 1 | None |
| 2 | Full length, ripped to 108 mm wide | Row 1 | None |
| 3 | 707 mm ripped to 108 mm, and 553 mm | Row 1 and row 4 | 22 mm |
| 4 | 703 mm ripped to 108 mm, and 508 mm | Row 1 and row 11 | 71 mm |
| 5 | 402 mm and 857 mm | Row 2 and row 4 | 23 mm |
| 6 | 925 mm and 330 mm | Row 3 and row 5 | 27 mm |
| 7 | 485 mm and 791 mm | Row 3 and row 18 | 6 mm |
| 8 | 1008 mm | Row 2 | 277 mm, too short to start a row |
- 19 rows. The first and last rows are both ripped to 108 mm, so neither wall ends in a sliver.
- 61 boards: 34 laid whole and 27 cut into pieces, 76 pieces in total.
- Waste of 8%, with offcuts reused in other rows wherever the joint rules allow.
- 7 packs of 9 cover the 61 boards. Adding a 5% spare for mistakes takes it to 8 packs.
How to make a flooring cut list by hand
For a plain rectangle you can work the same thing out on paper. Expect an evening per room, and expect it to get slow once doorways, alcoves or a second room come into it.
- Measure the room and take off the expansion gap at every wall, usually 8 to 12 mm.
- Divide the width by the board width. If the last row would come out under 50 mm, rip the first row as well so both wall rows end up the same width.
- Work row by row. Note the length of the cut piece at each end of the row, and keep every end joint at least 300 mm from the joints in the row beside it.
- Start the next row with the offcut from the row before when it is 300 mm or longer and keeps the joints apart.
- Number every piece, list each board with the pieces cut from it, then count the boards and divide by the boards per pack, rounding up.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a flooring cut list?
- A numbered list of every board that needs cutting to fit your room: which board, the length to cut it to, and where the piece and its offcut go. It is worked out from a full layout of the floor, so the row starts, joint stagger and last-row width are already decided before you cut anything.
- Does it work as a laminate cut planner?
- Yes. Enter the board length, width and pack size from the laminate you plan to buy and the generator plans the layout and cut list for those exact boards. The same works for vinyl planks, engineered wood, solid wood and most other rigid boards laid in rows.
- Is the cut list generator free?
- The planning is free without an account: draw your room, enter your boards, run the layout and see the full layout preview and the first two boards of the cut list as a saw-ready sample. The waste, the pack count, the complete cut list and its downloads are paid, as a one-time unlock for the room or a Pro subscription for many rooms.
- How accurate is the generated cut list?
- The layout is planned to the millimetre from the measurements you enter, so the plan is as accurate as your measuring. Treat it as your working plan rather than a substitute for checking: measure the room carefully, and confirm each cut against the wall it meets as you go.
- Which patterns can the cut list cover?
- Straight lay, running bond at any stagger, random stagger, strip plank, herringbone, chevron, basketweave and windmill. The cut list always matches the pattern you pick, including the extra cutting that angled patterns create at the walls.