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work out square yards? - for tiles

  • 29-10-2010 1:05pm
    #1
    scottie pippen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 666 ✭✭✭


    how do I work out the in square yards - the amount of tiles I need for my kitchen?


    I have measured each section of the walls that I want to tile in inches
    but don't know where to go from here.

    can anyone advise?

    Cheers

    Scottie


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  • #2
    skinner2x
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 220 ✭✭skinner2x


    scottie pippen wrote: »
    how do I work out the in square yards - the amount of tiles I need for my kitchen?


    I have measured each section of the walls that I want to tile in inches
    but don't know where to go from here.

    can anyone advise?

    Cheers

    Scottie

    Have you calculated area in inches? Better to measure area in sq yards

    Convert inches to yards (Inches / 36)
    Calculate area (L*B) , sq yards.
    Multiply by 1.10 (order 10% more to allow for cuts/breakage)

    Though this is easier......
    Alternatively calculate area in sq metres, multiply by 1.2 to convert to sq yards.(and * 1.10 to allow 10% for breakage/cuts). Calculations are always simpler in metric...


  • #3
    trad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,696 ✭✭✭trad


    Measure around the skirting the amount of wall you want to tile, say 16 feet and the height up you wish to tile say 8 foot.

    Multiply 16 by 8 which gives you 128 square foot.

    Subtract the size of windows / doors out of the total and divide the remainder by 9 to give you square yards.

    Then multiply by 1.1 to allow for cutting. Then check how many square yards are in each box of tiles. divide the size of the box into the area to be tiled (after multiplying by 1.1) at round up the answer to get the number of boxes of tiles you need.


  • #4
    scottie pippen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 666 ✭✭✭scottie pippen


    thanks guys, all very useful info


  • #5
    johnnyrotten
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,595 ✭✭✭johnnyrotten


    measured length in inches divided by 12 will give you feet
    eg. 144 inches = 12 feet.


    do the same for the width and multiply the two, then divide the answer by 9 to give you the sq yardage!

    EG room measures 144 inches by 120 inches
    = 12 feet by 10 feet
    = 120 square feet
    = 13.33 square yards


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