Ceramic Tile Thinset Coverage

60 70 sq ft.

Ceramic tile thinset coverage.

75 85 sq ft. A 120 square foot room with 16 inch tiles will take a minimum of three bags of thinset. 12 inch 16 inch tile. Measure the tile you are planning to lay.

Coverage based on 50lbs bag mesh mosaics. For example a 10 by 12 foot room is 120 square feet. 16 inch or larger. 40 50 sq ft.

Round the number up to the next whole number. Proper thinset mortar coverage means a minimum of 85 total coverage beneath a tile for a dry area installation most floors fireplace etc and 95 minimum total coverage in a wet area showers tub surrounds etc. Per ansi a108 19 for gauged porcelain tiles or gauged porcelain tile panels slabs installed on floors in any single square foot under the embedded tile thin set coverage will be a minimum of 85. Tile thicker than 3 8 inch.

Hold the tile in your hand and scrape the trowel over the surface to deposit and smooth a thin layer of grout. Butter the back of each ceramic tile with a skim coat before placing the tile. Enter your measurement as a decimal 1 5 or a fraction 1 1 2. Coverage shall be sufficiently distributed to give support of the tile especially at corners and edges.

4 inch 12 inch tile. There is more to that requirement such as complete coverage beneath all four corners of the tile but those are the basics. Divide the square footage of your project by 95 the maximum coverage of a 50 pound bag of thinset. Mapei recommends adding 5 to 10 in overage to ensure that your entire project is covered.

The boxes of tile have to be opened a certain way their spacers have to be positioned just so and their tools have to be organized in a certain manner. Tom meehan co author of working with tile taunton press 2011 and a second generation tile installer from harwich mass responds. Actual jobsite coverage may vary according to tile size and thickness exact joint width job conditions and grouting methods. Take the tile size along with the square footage to the home improvement.

9 3 m longest side of tile 8 to 15 use 1 4 x 3 8 x 1 4 6 x 9 5 x 6 mm square notch. General recommendations for thinset coverage for tile are 80 for most interior work and 95 to 100 for exterior work. Everything has to be a particular way with them. 16 inch or larger.

All fields below are required. For shower areas the recommendation is for at least 95 coverage. 90 100 sq ft. 12 inch 16 inch tile.

The trick for getting better thinset coverage under your tiles i ve worked with some fussy tile setters in the past. Longest side of tile less than 8 use 1 4 x 1 4 x 1 4 6 x 6 x 6 mm square notch. 5 8 m 70 sq. Smaller tiles may be 6 by 6 inches while larger ones could be 18 by 18 inches.

1 2 inch square or v notch. Tile thicker than 3 8 inch.