Not enought tiles???

[Sonyman]

Can anyone work this one out for me and my next door neighbour and tiler.
My kitchen floor measures 2.240x 2.673metres, which equals 5.987 sq mtrs.

I bought 60 tiles at 333x333, which gives me 6.65 sq meters. There is less than 10% wasted but I am 5 tiles short!
How does that work out?

 

[breezer]

simple.

unless you actualy measure the "wasted" tiles how do you know it was less than 10% (it might look it)

I figure you wastage was around 11 -13%

 

[Thermo]

depends how they were laid as well as to how much waste theyve generated. if theyve been laid either side if a centre line or the tiles laid on the centre line. (hope that makes sense!)

 

[Sonyman]

Thanks for the replies, but I think I now know how it happened. I didn't allow for tiling into the 2 door recesses, which would take a fw more tiles than I reckoned.
As for the waste, well 2 of us think we only wasted about 10%, but I agree it might well be more.

Thanks