On 1/11/2005 7:54 AM US(ET), willshak took fingers to keys, and typed
the following:

On 1/10/2005 7:22 PM US(ET), Bob took fingers to keys, and typed the
following:

Probably I didn't make my original post clear enough. I do want keep
a few
extra tiles but I wanted to find on top of what to add these few extra.
For the exactly 6' x 10', if 60 tiles is just enough to cover the floor,
like you said I will add one more box for miscut, spare etc etc. But
if the
12x12 is just a nominoal size and the actual size is smaller as such
I would
need 7 x 11 tiles to cover the floor then I would need to add more
for spare
on top of 77.

I want to know the base quatitiy: 60 or 77 tiles.



If you are going to butt the tiles edge to edge without allowing for
at least 1/8" grout, then you will need 68 tiles. 60 full sized plus
15 pieces to cover the gaps at the wall and one piece for the corner.
You can get 16 pieces from 8 tiles.

Make that 69 tiles. 60 full + 16 pieces for the sides (2 from each of 8
tiles) and 1 extra tile to cut the 2 sided piece for the corner.
As far as I know, unless the tiles are a special order, you can return
unused tiles for a refund, but like others said, you may want to keep a
few spares..


Thank you

Bob

"Colbyt" wrote in message
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"Bob" wrote in message
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Greetings...

I know 12x12 tiles is the nominal size. The actual may be 11 7/8". But


there


is usually some width for grout between the tiles. With these two


factors


combined, how does one figure out the number of tiles needed? For


example,


I


have a room of exactly 6' x 10'. 60 tiles enough?

Thanks.




As a general rule always buy 110% of the actual measurement to allow
for
waste, a miscut, a defective tile, or future replacement. If I had
a 6 x
10 room to do I would buy 70 square foot (usually 10 per box for
ceramic)
and usually only sold by the box.


Colbyt












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Bill