How Many Packet Of Floor Tiles Do You Need To Tile A Room?

How Many Packet Of Tiles Will Be Used For One
Room?
Today i will be using a One Room Apartment as a
case study and would also like to write this
based on my environment, Nigeria.
I am going to write based on Nigeria because
some few things i may mention here may not
apply to other countries. But i know most times
what is applicable here in Nigeria also applies
elsewhere.
So you'd like to tile your home, but do not know
how many packets of tiles that would complete
the project and would also not want some tiler to
come and over estimate the whole thing right?
Ok, Here we will try to make this simple for you...
The first thing you must understand or know
when calculating the number of packets of tiles to
purchase for your home is the dimension of the
room or apartment you'd like to tile.
Let me Use a single room now...
A room measuring
L = 2.5m
W = 2.4m
Now having measure the length and width and
obtained the figures above, lets now get the area
of the entire room to be tiled
How To Calculate The Area Of A Room
Now Area = L x B
Area = 2.5 X 2.4
Total Area = 6m2
What this means is that the area of the room is 6
square meters and so, how many packet of tiles
do i buy for this project?
In order to be able to calculate the number of
packets of tiles to buy, you must first know the
dimension of the particular tile you're buying
I love using the 400mm x 400mm tile because its
easy to calculate, this does not however mean i
cannot handle any type of tile out there.
Floor Tiles And Dimension
Here in Nigeria, Floor Tiles has the following
dimensions:
400 x 400
400 x 250
250 x 250
300 x 300
For the sake of this tutorial, i am going to use a
400mm x 400mm tile.
OK....
Now, For every Packet, There are 12 Pieces
Now you need to know how many square meters
there are in one packet of tile.
How to Calculate the area of a Floor tile
You can also go further to know the area of one
tile by simply multiplying 400 x 400 = 0.16m2
The Area Of One Packet Of Tiles
Now since the area of one tile is 0.16m2, there
are 12 tiles in one packet
Therefore the total area in one packet of tile
would be 12 x 0.16 = 1.92m2
Now in one Packet of tile, we have 1.92m2
How many packet Of Tiles will be just enough for
my room measuring 6m2?
In Order to know this, quickly divide 6 by 1.92
(6/1.92 = 3.125)
The number of Packets would be 3.125
But we also know that there is no way you'd
wanna approximate a packet of tile ans so you'll
need to buy 4 packets of tiles for your Room.
Things You Must Have In Mind When Tiling Your
Room
Please Note: You're also going to need some
extra piece of tile for the skirting since you need
skirting to make the work a perfect one.
You are also going to Buy 2 Bags of Cement
(Depending on the thickness of the mortar)...
You are also required to hire the services of an
experienced Tiler...