Effective date: October 23, 2026
Garage Calculator is free to use. To keep it that way, we earn money from advertising and affiliate links. We want you to know exactly how that works, so you can decide how much weight to give our recommendations.
The Short Version
- Some links on this site are affiliate links. If you click one and buy something or request a service, we may earn a commission.
- This never costs you anything extra.
- We also show ads from Google AdSense.
- Advertisers and affiliate partners don’t influence our calculators or the prices they show.
Affiliate Links
We participate in affiliate programs with companies whose products and services are relevant to people planning a garage. These include garage plan sellers such as Architectural Designs and Houseplans.com, contractor-matching services, and retailers of garage and home improvement products. When you click an affiliate link and make a purchase or request a quote, the company may pay us a commission or referral fee.
Affiliate links on our site often go through addresses that start with garagecalculator.com/recommends/. Pages that contain affiliate links include a note saying so. Affiliate partners may use cookies to track referrals, as described in our Privacy Policy.
Contractor Listings
Some pages include listings of local contractors provided by third-party services. We may be compensated through these partnerships. We don’t screen, license or endorse individual contractors, so check reviews, licensing and insurance before you hire anyone.
Advertising
We display ads served by Google AdSense. We don’t choose the specific ads you see, and an ad appearing on our site isn’t an endorsement of the advertiser. You can learn more about ad cookies and how to opt out of personalized ads in our Privacy Policy.
How We Keep Our Estimates Independent
- Our calculators are built from published cost data, national and regional averages and our own research, not from advertiser or partner pricing.
- No company pays to change a calculator result, a cost figure or its position in our comparisons.
- We recommend products and services we believe are useful to our readers, and we also mention options we don’t earn money from.
- If a partner’s quality drops or its offer changes, we update or remove our recommendation.
Our estimates are for planning only. See our Terms of Use for more about how to use them.
Questions
If you have questions about this disclosure or a specific recommendation, email jason@garagecalculator.com or use our contact page.