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MaterialSmith Measures What the Job Site Needs

materialsmith.com ↗ · Useful Tools · score 84.0
Open: public page gives enough substance to understand the site $Paid: pricing, booking, ecommerce, subscription, or paid access is visible ADAds: visible ad load or ad-supported content Pretty: notable design, copy, craft, or presentation Pro: polished, finished-feeling, serious, or operationally mature Niche: specific audience, workflow, or unusually focused use case Human: personal, local, community, civic, handmade, or real-person signal !Suspicious: scammy, spammy, trust theater, finance fog, or credibility concern

A set of free construction-material calculators for concrete, tile, drywall, and fencing, using imperial units and adjustable waste allowances.

Why it surfaced

MaterialSmith shows the formula and its source instead of hiding the estimate behind a black box: manufacturer coverage rates are named and linked, while assumptions such as grout width, trowel notch, post spacing, and waste percentage remain editable. It is designed for a phone, a weak signal, and the practical question of how many whole bags, sheets, tiles, or posts to load at the counter.

Thirty Patents for the Grave

August 13’s newborn domains include 30 safety-coffin patents, lost notices for false teeth and a box of hair, short films playing in 100 Tokyo taxis, and a Queensland river view arranged gauge by gauge downstream.

This is one of 1,000 discoveries in the 2026-08-13 Domain Arrivals issue.