Materials Stacking for Carrying out the Tile Installation Work:
Tiles Installation requires construction materials like sand, cement, and tiles. It is recommended to calculate the required quantity of tiles to perform the tiles installation work as it can minimise the wastage and ultimately becomes cost effective.
- The quantity of tile is measured in the area (sq.ft or sq.mt).
- Quantity can be acquired by multiplying length & width of the room in case of floor tile installation.
- In the case of wall tiles installation, it can be acquired by multiplying length & height of the wall.
- The approximate numbers of tiles should be found out by dividing the floor area by area of one tile.
- Cement consumption for installing one sq.mt of ceramic tiles is 11 kg (CM 1:4) for 25 mm thickness, and for 50 mm thickness, 22 kg cement is required. In addition, 2.25 kg of white cement is also used for joints filling.
- Cement consumption for installing one sq.mt of Kota stone is 6.5 kg (CM 1:6) for 30mm thick bed and for mosaic tiles 10 kg (CM 1:6) for 30mm thick bed.
- Materials such as tiles, cement, and sand should be stocked in sufficient quantity.
- When materials stocks are at the bottom line, the purchase order should be placed well in advance before commencing work.
