Free Garage Floor Tile Estimate Tool

[Garage Flooring]

A couple of weeks ago we decided that we would share the spreadsheet we use as a team with the general public. This spreadsheet is a great estimating tool if you are looking for a simple floor using almost any brand of garage floor tiles. You can use it to calculate your needs for most Polypropylene tiles as well as PVC tiles. You can use it for a checker pattern, solid color, checker pattern with border or solid pattern with border. It has no pricing information, its there for you to use with any brand, regardless if we sell it or not

Tile Cheat Sheet

I know many of you like to use the designers. This is not that. This is for those who do not want to go through that work and they just want to know how much they need on a simple floor.

Unlike traditional estimate tools, this tool DOES NOT use square feet to calculate your needs. Nor does it apply a best guess waste factor. This tool calculates the actual tiles you will need to cover your floor and DOES NOT use any waste. Example: If you have a floor 12'6" wide and you are using 12" tiles, the tool will assume each row takes 13 tiles --where a square foot calculation assumes you are able to use the waste.

Use it, link to it, enjoy it. No strings attached. Just our way of helping the public make sure they get what they need!

 

[kinghong1970]

what about creating some sketchup files of your tiles in the available colors?
that way folks can actually layout their garage in sketchup and use the tiles to see what it's going to look like...

best thing is that sketchup is free...

 

[Garage Flooring]

That sounds like a great idea. We will not do it with this sheet, because we do not want this sheet to be about promoting our products. Its true we have our contact info and logo, but, I can not tell you how many people we talk to that purchased tiles, from any manufacturer, and just did length time width and added 5% -- and then had to go back and order more.

This sheet is a tool, but I will look at your suggestion where we promote our product in specific!

 

[SapesOfIndia]

I really liked this one just to get an idea on number of tiles.

http://www.ceramic-tile-floor.info/te/ntca/tileEstimatorNTCA.html

 

[BeachBoy]

In theory, on the width, you can use a tile for two pieces if you need less than 6". If you have 12'6" you would use both half of the tile that's cut in half, no? if it's 12'4" you can also do two 4" strips and so on.. if it's 12'8" then yes you have to use the full tile to get an 8" strip.

I can understand that for corners you'd def. want to use a full tile and remove a chunk without using the rest, but for regular rows I don't know why you'd calculate a full tile if you use 6", or even 4"

Or there is something I am not getting right?

 

[Garage Flooring]

I threw 6" in as an example. The size of the piece really does not matter. The problem is for the most part the tiles are directional. You have to start with the tiles oriented one direction and continue that install through the entire process.

After having done this for a decade, it has been my experience that rarely are people able to take a portion they cut from one place and use it someplace else. We do get a handful of customers who are able to utilize a portion of what others would waste. In my experience, those same customers would not rely on a tool like this, they would plot it out themselves like you would a carpet install.

No tool is perfect, but I have found this method to be the most accurate way to get a tile count for simple jobs.