Free Tools
Plan Before You Build
Free calculators for anyone planning a custom home, addition, or commercial build in Greater Victoria BC. No signup, no email required - adjust the numbers and see your own estimate.
Compare framing days and carrying costs between a prefab panel install and traditional stick framing on your project size.
Estimate what standing crew time and carrying costs could add up to while a stick-built frame sits open to the weather.
Get a rough phase-by-phase schedule from permitting through handover, and see how framing method shifts the timeline.
See how self-managed trade overruns and your own time stack up against a general contractor's markup.
Turn linear feet and wall height into wall area, a rough panel count and stud count before you send plans out.
Rough studs, plates and sheathing sheets for a wall run, with a waste allowance you set.
Estimate panels per truck load and the number of loads for your job, to start the delivery conversation.
Compare expected weather-lost days against the float in your schedule, using your own assumptions.
Estimate how much a framed and sheathed wall panel weighs, so crane and delivery conversations start from a real number.
See how framing lowers the R-value of an insulated stud wall, and what continuous exterior insulation does to it.
Guides to Read With These Tools
- How to order prefab wall panels from your plans
- Panelized vs site-framed: schedule and weather risk
- Wall panel take-off basics for builders
- BC Step Code, wall assemblies and framing tolerances
- Questions to ask before building with prefab panels
Ready to move from estimate to scope? Send plans for a written panel quote or request a quote, and browse every article on the OG Prefab blog.
Free Estimate. No Obligation. 1 Business Day Response.
Ready to Break Ground?
Tell us about your project. We will respond within 1 business day with a clear, honest assessment.
Builder or developer? Request a quote for prefab wall panels