advice needed on tile waste calculation

[Tony73]

what percent do you add, when you order tiles? 3% if bigger tiles, 5% for smaller?

 

[Stewart]

Normally 10% for me......


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[Mike Mike]

what percent do you add, when you order tiles? 3% if bigger tiles, 5% for smaller?

Depends what area you're talking about. If 5m2 then 3% might not even be a whole tile, LOL. Also, what sort of layout, what sort of obstructions, are you going to be able to use both cuts for edges from the same tile etc, etc. I always say 10%, then if there are tiles over the customer has them as spares. But on a 150m2 job, 10% might be rather a lot...

 

[Ian]

10% as a general rule of thumb, sometimes 20% on larger format tiles, such as 1000x300mm.

 

[Tony73]

have contract from april, big house. few bathrooms 100x100x10 marble tiles. Added 3% for waste. And about 100 sq.m floor 600x600 tiles, added 5%

 

[bobbynz]

10 to 15% depending on the tile and the way its layed. If the tile shop refunds excess tiles then more is better than less. theres nothing annoying the most than being a tile short of a bathroom.
A bit like a sandwich short of a picnic.:lol:

 

[Tony73]

Thanks for that guys .

 

[Ian]

Tony, I don't think your waste calculation is enough especially on the 600x600's, lets say for arguments sake that the cut into one wall is a 3/4 tile, that means for every 4 tiles you lay you are essentially throwing one away, I think you will need to get a minimum of 10% so as not to compromise setting out. Better to have a box left over than trying to find a box that's the same batch.

 

[widler]

defo 10% tony

 

[Andy Allen]

10%.....most tile shops take back full boxs, rest you keep as spares, nowt worse that running out, have to reorder more tiles, different shades,..... nightmare..

 

[Tony73]

I aggree on that, but usually i waste almost zero, very little. But wanted opinions here. Thanks to all again. will def. help me in the future

 

[Al@Lifetiles]

Always 10%. 15% if the tiles are set at 45 degrees. Think of all those cracked marbles....

 

[DHTiling]

I am a big believer in the saying, better to have too much than too little.. 10% across the board for me..

 

[Tony73]

ok than 10% for 600x600 tiles, and 5% for 100x100 ?

 

[Pro-spec]

10% and some times an extra box ontop for larger tiles. Make sure the supplier will take the tiles you dont need back.