Tile Waste
Include breakage and cuts when ordering tile.
About Tile Waste
A percentage is added to the measured floor area to account for tiles snapped during cutting and the inevitable shower of edge cuts. Tile comes in closed boxes and dye lots, so buying the allowance now prevents a mismatched batch on the second trip.
Formula
Tile Waste
Total = area + area x waste%
- waste
- Broken tiles and angled cuts are not reusable
Worked example
With the default values below, Tile Waste returns Tile Area of 120.0. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.
Inputs used
- Room lengthminimum 0 ft
- 12 ft
- Room widthminimum 0 ft
- 10 ft
- Waste allowanceaccepts 0–100 %
- 10 %
Results
- Tile Area
- 120.0 sq ft
- Waste Allowance
- 12.0 sq ft
- Total to Order
- 132.0 sq ft
Step by step
- 1Values used
- 2Tile Waste
- 3Tile Area= 120.0 sq ft
- 4Waste Allowance= 12.0 sq ft
- 5Total to Order= 132.0 sq ft
Assumptions and limits
- The result is derived only from the 3 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
- In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
- Figures are rounded for display to 1 decimal place, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.
How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is Tile Waste calculated?
Total = area + area x waste% A percentage is added to the measured floor area to account for tiles snapped during cutting and the inevitable shower of edge cuts.
Why does Tile Waste matter?
Tile comes in closed boxes and dye lots, so buying the allowance now prevents a mismatched batch on the second trip.
What values do I need to enter?
This calculator takes 3 inputs: Room length, Room width, Waste allowance. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.