What a cookie is
A cookie is a small file a site stores in your browser. It lets the site remember things between visits - a setting you chose, or whether you have been here before. Most are harmless and you can clear them whenever you like.
The cookies, in plain English.
Calculate My Reno uses a small number of cookies to remember your settings, understand which calculators are useful, and run the ads that keep the site free. Here is exactly what is set, why, and how to control it.
Your consent comes first
When you first visit we show a consent banner with equal Accept and Reject buttons. Until you choose, every non-essential cookie - analytics and advertising - stays switched off. Your choice is remembered, and you can change it any time by clearing this site’s data in your browser.
Essential cookies
A few cookies are needed for the site to work properly - remembering your region and unit choice, and the consent decision above so you are not asked on every page. These do not track you and are always on.
Analytics cookies
We use Google Analytics to count visits and see which calculators get used. The data is aggregated, never sold, and only tells us how the site performs. You can opt out of Google Analytics with their browser add-on.
Advertising cookies
The ads that keep this site free are served by Google AdSense. With your consent, Google and its partners may set cookies to measure ads and limit repeats - details are in Google's privacy policy. Manage personalisation in your Google Ad Settings, or opt out across networks at aboutads.info and youronlinechoices.com.
Managing cookies
Every major browser lets you view, block or delete cookies, and offers a private browsing mode that clears them when you close the window. Blocking advertising and analytics cookies will not stop the calculators working.
In short
A handful of cookies keep your settings, measure how the site is doing, and run the ads that pay for it. You stay in control - clear or block them in your browser any time.
Last updated 2026