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Tile Calculator

Number of tiles needed for a floor, with a wastage allowance.

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Covers cuts, breakage and diagonal-laid patterns.

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Fill in the fields on the left and press Calculate. The answer, the breakdown and a copy button all land in this card.

How it is calculated

Tiles needed = room area ÷ tile area × (1 + wastage%), rounded up

Diagonal or herringbone layouts waste more than a straight grid — use 15–20% wastage for those patterns instead of the usual 10%.

Worked example

A 4 × 3.5 m room is 14 m². With 60 × 60 cm tiles (0.36 m² each) and 10% wastage, that is 43 tiles.

Questions people ask

No, this is floor area only. Measure skirting length or wall area separately and repeat the calculation with your tile size.

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