UK · 2026 Pricing in £
UK building material cost calculators
UK-specific cost guides for concrete, plasterboard, paint, and tile. The calculators on the site already support metric — these guides give you the local 2026 pricing in pounds, including VAT conventions and regional variation across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
UK cost guides
UK concrete cost guide
Ready-mix £/m³, bagged 25 kg cement prices, slab and footing costs across regions.
Read guideUK paint cost guide
Trade vs retail paint pricing per litre, room and exterior costs, top UK brands.
Read guideUK plasterboard cost guide
Plasterboard per 2.4 × 1.2 m sheet, plastering labour rates, full job costs.
Read guideUK tile cost guide
Wall and floor tile £/m², adhesive, grout, and tiling labour rates 2026.
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Metric-ready calculators
All these calculators accept metric inputs (m, cm, mm) and return metric outputs. Currency is shown in $ but the maths is currency-agnostic — enter your £/unit price and read the total as pounds.
FAQ
Working with UK pricing
Yes. Every calculator on the site supports metric — switch the unit selector to metres, centimetres, or millimetres. Bag counts and material outputs adjust automatically; only the price field is in dollars by default, but you can enter pounds and read the total in pounds (the £ symbol is just a currency label).
UK ready-mix concrete is typically £100–£150 per m³ (vs $150–$180 per yd³ in the US, where 1 yd³ = 0.765 m³). Plasterboard is sold per 2.4 × 1.2 m sheet at £8–£14 per sheet. Paint runs £15–£35 per litre. Tile pricing is per m² at £15–£60 retail. Always include 20% VAT in any merchant quote.
No. UK merchants quote prices both ways: trade prices are typically ex-VAT, retail prices are inc-VAT. Multiply by 1.20 to add 20% VAT, or divide by 1.20 to strip VAT from a tax-inclusive price. Our cost guides flag whether each band is gross or net.
Ready-mix is delivered by mixer truck and priced volumetrically. Bagged cement (25 kg in the UK vs 80 lb / 36 kg in the US) is for small mixes done on-site with sand and aggregate. A 25 kg bag of cement makes about 0.025 m³ of mortar (1:3 mix) or 0.013 m³ of concrete (1:2:4 mix).