Measuring Vinyl Tiles

Use this page to help you get quotes when measuring for vinyl tiles (or just check the shops quote).

First break the room/s into rectangles

When measuring vinyl tiles, take the diagram below to see how to break rooms into rectangles. Do this first and measure each one.

For the first diagram your measurements should look something like this:
A) 2.0 x 1.0 m; B) 1.3 x 1.3 m; C) 1.75 x 0.75 m

For the second diagram the measurements would look more like this:
D) 3.05 x 1.3 m; E) 0.70 x 1.0 m; F) 0.45 x 0.75 m
(approximate measurements for illustration only)

Now calculate how many packs you'll need

Multiply the box measurements to get the square area:
A) 2.0 x 1.0 = 2 m2; B) 1.3 x 1.3 = 1.69 m2; C) 1.75 x 0.75 = 1.3125 m2

Add together
2.0 + 1.69 + 1.3125 = 5.0025 m2

Now take your pack size (eg 3.34 m2) and use it to divide your total square area:
5.0025 divided by 3.34 = 1.49

This means you would buy 2 packs. Suppliers say you should allow 10% for waste which would mean 2 packs would easily be enough to accomodate this.

Next, the necessary accessories

The usual accessory with vinyl tiles are strips, commonly to simulate grout lines. Amtico Spacia strips are 4mm whereas Karndean strips are 3mm, 5mm, 10mm, 30m and 76mm. Karndean also produce a range of borders and motif designs.

Remember the sub floor!

Vinyl tiles will need perfectly smooth floors to start with. The usual methods for this are (1) screeding for concrete floors, or (2) laying of plywood for timber floors.