Landscaping & Outdoor Lighting Design
Plan useful nighttime views, test fixture spacing and supply loading, and coordinate cable design with the existing garden and patio workflows.
Who this is for
Homeowners designing front and back yard landscapes
Workflows
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Small-Space Garden Setup and Care
Check a balcony or urban garden site, choose suitable containers and crops, budget actual supplies and establish an observed watering and care record.
Landscape Lighting: Layout, Supply and Cable Planning
Define useful nighttime views, test fixture spacing, compare VA loading and cable drop, and document installation and commissioning.
Patio Construction Guide
Free step-by-step patio construction for DIY homeowners. Plan patio construction with calculators and checklists covering layout and design patio, excavate.
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Simple in-browser notepad with auto-save. Write quick notes that persist in your browser. Download as text file. No signup needed.
Calculators
Compare two observed offers on one explicit shared denominator, with auditable unit prices, differences, and a true tie state.
Calculators
Calculate water use from meter readings or measured fixture activity, compare daily averages and estimate variable charges using your actual rate.
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Count evenly spaced path fixtures and compare manufacturer fixture VA with an entered transformer allowance in two separate planning modes.
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Compare 12, 10, 8 and 6 AWG cable using current, one-way length and conductor resistance. See when no candidate meets your entered voltage drop limit.
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Build an installed quote, compare lifetime costs and calculate material packs. Separate payment-day cash from later reimbursements using your project records.
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Estimate appliance kWh and cost by day, week, average month, current calendar month, and year, with an optional regional CO₂ factor.
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Build a measured multi-area takeoff, compare exact carton coverage with a reviewed source-tile count, and price whole packages after matching inventory.
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Calculate compacted aggregate volume, an explicit loose-order allowance, and tons from the exact supplier density without a universal conversion.
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Calculate measured bed fill, an explicit top-up allowance, and optional exact-package bags without assuming one soil recipe, settling rate, or bag size.
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Measure rectangular, circular and annular concrete groups with depth ranges, counts and voids. Reconcile exact bag yields or ready-mix terms and save source-owned planning records.
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Turn a reviewed concrete volume range or measured rectangular pour into exact bag-pack or supplier-rounded ready-mix quantities, with matching stock and optional sourced quotes.
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Reusable tools
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Notepad
Price Comparison Calculator
Measured Water Use and Comparison
Landscape Lighting Layout and Transformer Load Calculator
Landscape Lighting Cable Voltage Drop Calculator
Home Project Cost and Lifetime Comparison Calculator
Electricity Cost Calculator
Tile Calculator
Gravel Calculator
Soil Calculator
Concrete Calculator
Concrete Masonry Calculator
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