Free Tools
Every calculator, interpreter, and triage wizard on Acreage Guide — in one place. No accounts, no email walls, no invented numbers. Each one is paired with the guide that explains what the numbers mean.
Price it, schedule it
Septic Cost Calculator
A rough installed-cost range for a new system, drainfield work, or a pump-out — in about 30 seconds.
Pump Schedule Calculator
When is your tank actually due? Four questions, one pump-by date, built on extension-service schedules.
Septic Rules by State
Who permits systems, what a sale triggers, aerobic maintenance contracts, setback distances, and bans — 12 states verified, more added over time.
Septic Tank Size Calculator
How many gallons? Enter bedrooms and get the code-basis minimum tank size — the same 150-gallons-per-bedroom math the state tables use.
Well water
Know your water, fix your water
Well Water Test Interpreter
Enter your lab results and get a plain-English verdict on every parameter — what's fine, what to watch, what needs treatment.
No-Water Triage Wizard
No water at the tap? Work the safe checks in order — power, breaker, pressure gauge, switch, tank — and find out whether it's a homeowner fix or a call-a-pro moment.
Pressure Tank Drawdown Calculator
An 86-gallon tank doesn't hold 86 gallons of water. Get your usable gallons per pump cycle, estimated runtime, and a short-cycling verdict from your tank size and switch settings.
Well Drilling Records Finder
Your well's driller's log is on file with your state agency in most states — find the official database for 11 states, plus a five-minute plain-English decoder for reading the log.
Water Symptom Checker
Rotten-egg smell? Orange stains? Check your symptoms and get likely causes plus exactly which lab tests to order — then run the results through the interpreter.
Test Panel Picker
What should you test your well water for? Answer five questions and get a custom test panel — the annual baseline, the right add-ons, and what each round should cost.
How Hard Is Your Water?
Pick your state for the typical hardness picture from the USGS national map — then enter your test number for a plain-English verdict and a softener size.
Power
Size it, price the runtime
Generator Size Calculator
Add up what you actually need to run — well pump, sump pump, fridge, heat — and get a right-sized wattage range instead of a guess.
Generator Fuel Cost Calculator
Pick your generator size and fuel — see what an outage actually costs in propane or natural gas, from spec-sheet numbers.
Generator Inlet Size Planner
30A or 50A inlet box? Check the loads you want on backup and get the right size, plus the spec to hand your electrician.
Home heating
Compare fuels in $/MMBTU
Heating Fuel Cost Calculator
Enter your fuel prices and equipment efficiency — compare oil, propane, gas, heat pumps, wood, and pellets in dollars per million BTU of delivered heat.
Propane Price Checker
Enter your last delivered propane price and your state — get a plain-English verdict against the EIA weekly benchmark, plus what moves the number.
Heating Oil Price Checker
Enter your last delivered heating oil price and your state — get a plain-English verdict against the EIA weekly benchmark, plus what moves the number.
Oil Tank Gauge Calculator
Gauge or dipstick reading in, days of heat out — with the honest dead-bottom math and an order-now verdict for will-call customers.
Propane Tank Gauge Calculator
Gauge percent in, gallons and days of heat out — with the 80% fill rule and an order-now verdict for will-call customers.
Buying
Price the move honestly
True Cost: City vs. Rural Home
Your real monthly numbers on both sides — with rural water and sewer computed from amortized well and septic ownership, not national percentages.
County Research Checklist
Zoning, permits, well & septic rules, water rights, flood zones, deed restrictions — the county questions every rural buyer should answer before offering. Printable packet.
Annual Rural Home Maintenance Checklist
Well testing, filters, gutters, alarms — every schedule on one printable page. Sourced, nothing invented.