Have I pointed out right, that you don't know how much quantity you needed for your area?
Let's begin by pointing out your concern.
You are just about to move into your new place, however on the last minute your decision to change the flooring materials of your space for future purposes such as renting it out or upsell your unit after a year and you decided to avail of the interior design consultancy services and the rest of the works is to Do-It-Yourself.
The space that you are planning to change the tiles is an old condominium unit that was purchased a long time ago and a little revamping needed to be done and that begins with your flooring materials.
You needed a guide to help you through this situation.
to lessen the mistakes that may occur upon purchasing and that you may not feel stressed out when the sales lady asked you how much quantity you needed.
Here are the measuring tools that you need
A Laser Measuring or Steel Tape
Paper
Pen
Step by Step Tutorial on how to get a tile estimate.
Step 1: Draw a rectangular shape on your paper, assuming its the look of your floor plan.
Step 2: Measure each corner in meters using a steel tape
Formula: # of meters in Length (X) # of meters in Width = # of Square meters
Example:
Your condominium unit dimension is { 7 meters (length) x 4 meters (width)} based on your drawn measurement on each corner.
The total area of the condominium is {28 square meters}
Step 3: Go to the hardware and choose the look, material finish and size of your flooring tile.
Step 4: Identity the tile size.
I recommend you to use 600mm x 600mm tiles for your main floor as this is a standard size for the floors and easier to install.
Step 5: Converting the unit of your chosen tiles
Based on my recommendation to use 600mm x 600mm tiles and this made you confuse because your floor is in meters while the tile's unit is in millimeters let's convert it to meters to help you get the quantity that you need.
Conversion of different units and using the same size of a tiles
Millimeters 600 x 600
Centimeters 60 x 60
Inches 24 x 24
Feet 2 x 2
Meters .60 x .60
Step 6: Get the area of your chosen tile
Formula: # of meters in Length per tile (X) # of meters in Width per tile = # of Square meters per tile
Example:
The total area of your condominium unit is {28 square meters}, as seen in Step 2
The total are of your tiles is { .36 square meters}
Step 7: Get the quantity of your tile requirement
Formula: Total area of the condominium unit (divide ( / )) Total area of your tiles = net quantity of tiles needed
Example:
28 square meters divided by .36 square meters is equivalent to 77.77 pieces of tiles.
Round it off to 78 pieces
Step 8: Get the needed contingency for an extra number of tiles.
For rectangular tile installation: add 10% as standard contingency
Example: 78 pieces x 110% = 85.8 pieces or equivalent to 86 pieces
For diagonal tile installation: Add 20% as standard contingency
Formula: Net quantity of tiles needed (X) 110% for rectangular position = Number of tiles needed
Example: 78 pieces x 110% = 85.8 pieces or equivalent to 86 pieces
For diagonal tile installation: Add 20% as standard contingency
Formula: Net quantity of tiles needed (X) 120% for rectangular position = Number of tiles needed
Example: 78 pieces x 110% = 93.6 pieces or equivalent to 94 pieces
Step 9: Get the total quantity
For rectangular tile installation, you'll be needing 86 pieces
For diagonal tile installation, you'll be needing 94 pieces
Step 10: Make sure you purchase the same batch of tiles.
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