Calculating tiles for the bathroom - it's important to do the right thing

Appearance is the visiting card of any room. Having come to visit, all over again pay attention to how beautifully and accurately the walls, ceilings and floors look, and only then on technical equipment and other moments.

The bathroom is no exception. As a rule, ceramic tiles are used for finishing walls and floors. The success of its laying is largely determined by how interesting the layout was designed and the corresponding calculation of the bathroom tiles. And the more difficult the first, the more carefully you need to approach the second.

Calculation of bathroom tiles: what you need to know

The simplest way is to determine the amount of this finishing material intended for the floor. Need to know:

• The dimensions of the floor surface;
• Method of layout (straight, diagonal, consisting of one type of tile or combined);
• The size of the bathroom, if it will be installed;
• Geometric dimensions of the tile.

With the walls, everything is somewhat more complicated. First, you need to determine:

• Length of perimeter walls, height of ceilings;
• Height of the bathroom, if it will be installed (after all, it is not necessary to lay the tile , at the same time it can affect the laid out picture);
• The bath will be covered with a panel or laid out with tiles;
• Height and width of the doorway, windows, if any;
• In the event that a shower is installed - what will be the pallet: purchased or laid out from the tiles.

This is the basic knowledge that you will need before planning a layout. To begin with, you can decide whether only a tile will have a picture, or it will be combined with a mosaic. Of course, the simplest option is a light, for example, white bathroom tile in the upper part of the room, and below it a dark tile. In this case, the calculations are simple enough.

But with the choice of materials that is today, few people stop at this. In general, preference is given to more complex combinations, various decorative inserts and so on. Anyway, but you have to draw each wall of the room and decide on the layout, and only then do the calculation of the bathroom tiles.

In any case, please note:

• The size of the tile;
• Stock (the minimum is 5%, but may be more);
• Way layout, which should be done taking into account the fact that in prominent places (including corners) it is better to use solid tile, rather than "trimming".

Calculation of tiles for the bathroom: to produce manually or with the help of special software?

Most free programs that appeared in large numbers today allow you to help with making calculations correctly, but only if the layout is standard. The program will help determine the number of tiles, skirting boards, and, possibly, curbs. In the case of a complex drawing, you will have to draw everything and calculate it manually. Using the program, you can only roughly check the total number.

Another thing - special programs that allow you to design bathrooms. The tile is selected as a finishing material, and at the same time the layout and calculation are performed.