Tiles, boxes and adhesive for a floor or wall

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Assumption: 3 mm joints, 10% wastage for cuts and breakage, and about 4 kg of adhesive per m² with a standard notched trowel. Diagonal layouts may need 15% wastage.

About Tile Calculator

The tile calculator estimates how many tiles, boxes, and kilograms of adhesive a floor or wall needs. Enter the area to cover, pick a tile size from the presets or type a custom width and height, set the joint width, and add a wastage percentage — the tool does the rest.

It computes how many tiles fit per square meter including the grout joints, then inflates the count by your wastage allowance to cover cuts, breakage, and pattern matching. Tell it how many tiles come in a box and it converts the count into whole boxes to buy; an adhesive rate of about 4 kg/m² — typical with a standard notched trowel — yields the adhesive estimate.

The defaults reflect common practice: 3 mm joints and 10% wastage suit a straight-lay floor, while diagonal layouts warrant around 15%. Use it free in your browser before a bathroom, kitchen, or terrace project so the order matches reality — and keep a few spares for future repairs.

How to use Tile Calculator

  1. Enter the floor or wall area in m².
  2. Pick a tile size preset, or choose Custom and enter the tile width and height in centimeters.
  3. Set the joint width in millimeters and the wastage percentage.
  4. Enter the tiles per box and, if you want an adhesive estimate, the adhesive rate in kg/m².
  5. Read the number of tiles, boxes to buy, and the adhesive quantity.

Frequently asked questions

Divide 1 m² by the tile’s footprint including joints. A 30 × 30 cm tile with a 3 mm joint occupies about 0.0918 m², so roughly 10.9 tiles per m² — before adding wastage.

10% is the standard allowance for a straight lay, covering cuts along walls and the odd broken tile. Diagonal or herringbone layouts, small rooms with many cuts, and large-format tiles justify 15%.

About 4 kg per m² with a standard notched trowel on a flat substrate — the calculator’s default rate. Larger trowel notches, uneven floors, and back-buttering large tiles increase consumption, so adjust the rate to your adhesive’s datasheet.

Slightly, and it compounds over a large floor: wider grout lines mean each tile covers more area, so you need marginally fewer tiles. The calculator includes the joint in the per-tile footprint rather than ignoring it.

Tiles are sold by the box, and batches (calibers and shades) vary between production runs. Buying whole boxes from one batch — with a spare box for future repairs — avoids visible mismatches later. The estimate rounds up to full boxes for you.

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