How To Work Out Wall Tile Coverage
This calculator allows you to calculate how many tiles you need to cover a simple rectangular area.
How to work out wall tile coverage. Enter the width of the border. Measure walls separately from one another and break irregularly shaped floors into smaller segments measuring each of them separately. Welcome to our handy tile calculator which will help you calculate the number of tiles you need for your project and the size of the area you need to tile. All of these units are supported by our calculator.
Works both in metric and imperial units. Make sure you measure area in common unit such as foot meter inches yards millimeters or centimeters. Click the button to say if you are using metres inches or centimetres. Measure the length and width in inches of the area to tile.
We understand it s important to get your tiling project right and that starts with calculating the area you want to tile. Works for both rectangular and square tiles. To use this wall coverage calculator enter the size of the wall area to be tiled in square metres m 2 and the calculator will provide estimates for both cement based adhesive in kilograms kg and ready mix adhesive in litres l in the yellow boxes below. Begin to work out the area of tiling required by deciding on the area of each wall you want to tile.
Running bond layouts like those used with brick walls involve offset rows or columns of tiles usually with a 2 1 length to edge ratio. Running bonds generally use about 10 more material. It will then calculate the total number of border tiles required. Calculating the number of wall border tiles.
You can use a measuring tape to measure the area. Herringbones involve aligning tiles in angled patterns usually 45 or 90 degrees. Around a shower plan to tile to at least 15cm 6 inches above the shower head behind it and on any adjacent walls at least 75cm 30 inches from the corner of the shower head wall. Measure the length of each of the walls you wish to include a border tile.
The first step is to find out the area of the wall or floor on which you want to install the tiles.