We understand it s important to get your tiling project right and that starts with calculating the area you want to tile.
How to work out wall tile coverage.
Herringbones involve aligning tiles in angled patterns usually 45 or 90 degrees.
Running bonds generally use about 10 more material.
Begin to work out the area of tiling required by deciding on the area of each wall you want to tile.
This wall tile adhesive coverage calculator will estimate the quantity of cement based and ready mixed tile adhesive you will need secure your tiles to the surface of the wall you are tiling.
Works both in metric and imperial units.
Make sure you measure area in common unit such as foot meter inches yards millimeters or centimeters.
Works for both rectangular and square tiles.
It will then calculate the total number of border tiles required.
Simply click the tile calculator button on your selected tile page select your preferred unit of measurement add your room measurements plus any obstacles such as windows and doors then sit back and relax.
Calculating the number of wall border tiles.
You can use a measuring tape to measure the area.
This calculator allows you to calculate how many tiles you need to cover a simple rectangular area.
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.
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.
Add the figures into the spaces for each wall to calculate the total linear amount.
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.
All of these units are supported by our calculator.
Enter the width of the border.
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.
Click the button to say if you are using metres inches or centimetres.