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10 × 12 ft room, 120 ft² · 12 × 12 in tile, straight lay
Buy 132 tiles
with 10% extra · 120 cover it exactly
- Grout
- 1 × 25 lb bagUltracolor Plus FA
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Grout for this area
| Product | Pounds | Buy |
|---|---|---|
| MAPEIUltracolor Plus FA chart | 7.7 lb | 125 lb bag |
| LATICRETESPECTRALOCK PRO Premium by volume | sold by volume | 1Full unit, 0.8 gal |
| Custom Building ProductsPolyblend Sanded chart | 8.6 lb | 125 lb bag |
| Custom Building ProductsPrism chart | 5.9 lb | 117 lb box |
| TECPower Grout chart (5/16 in row) | 6.9 lb | 125 lb bag |
Thinset by trowel
| Trowel notch | ft² per bag | Bags |
|---|---|---|
| 1/4 × 1/4 × 1/4 square | 90–100 | 2 |
| 1/4 × 3/8 × 1/4 square | 60–67 | 2 |
| 3/4 × 9/16 × 3/8 U @45° | 34–42 | 3–4 |
| 3/4 × 9/16 × 3/8 U @30° | 38–47 | 3–4 |
By tile size
- How many 12 × 12 in tiles1.00 per ft²
- How many 12 × 24 in tiles0.50 per ft²
- 3 × 6 in tile calculator8.00 per ft²
- How many 18 × 18 in tiles0.44 per ft²
- 4 × 4 in tile calculator9.00 per ft²
- 24 × 24 in tiles0.25 per ft²
- 2 × 2 in36.00 per ft²
- 16 × 16 in tile calculator0.56 per ft²
- 6 × 6 in tile calculator4.00 per ft²
- 4 × 12 in tile calculator3.00 per ft²
- 6 × 24 in tile calculator1.00 per ft²
- How many 24 × 48 in tiles0.13 per ft²
- 1 × 1 in tile calculator144.00 per ft²
- 4 × 16 in tile calculator2.25 per ft²
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Sources
Figures built September 2026.
Where these numbers come from (8)
- Coverage: Custom Building Products, “Polyblend® Sanded Grout / TDS-129”, 3/22/2023, retrieved from https://www.custombuildingproducts.com/TDS/TDS-129.pdf on 2026-09-24. Chart values are restated as numbers; no text or table is reproduced.
- Coverage: Custom Building Products, “Prism® Ultimate Performance Grout / TDS-128”, 6/20/2023, retrieved from https://www.custombuildingproducts.com/TDS/TDS-128.pdf on 2026-09-24. Chart values are restated as numbers; no text or table is reproduced.
- Thinset coverage: Custom Building Products, “VersaBond®-LHT Professional Large and Heavy Tile Mortar”, retrieved from https://www.custombuildingproducts.com/products/versabond-lft-professional-large-format-tile-mortar on 2026-09-24. Chart values are restated as numbers; no text or table is reproduced.
- Coverage: LATICRETE, “SPECTRALOCK® PRO Premium Grout†”, DS-681.0-0217, retrieved from https://cdn-global.laticrete.com/-/media/project/laticrete-international/north-america/product-documents/product-data-sheets/lds6810_spectralock-pro-premium-grout.ashx on 2026-09-24. Chart values are restated as numbers; no text or table is reproduced.
- Grout waste: LATICRETE, “SpectraLOCK PRO Grout Installation & Maintenance Guide, TDS 400 PRO”, R 9 October 2009, retrieved from https://cdn-global.laticrete.com/-/media/project/laticrete-international/shared/files/support-and-downloads/technical-datasheets/tds400-pro.ashx?la=en on 2026-09-24. Chart values are restated as numbers; no text or table is reproduced.
- Coverage: MAPEI, “Ultracolor Plus FA”, August 28, 2026, retrieved from https://cdnmedia.mapei.com/docs/librariesprovider67/products-documents/1_3000144_ultracolor-plus-fa_en-us_979a424a35724d82980fa0332f798319.pdf on 2026-09-24. Chart values are restated as numbers; no text or table is reproduced.
- Coverage: H.B. Fuller Construction Products, “TEC® Power Grout® Product Data”, DS550 R0317-20, retrieved from https://pdf.lowes.com/installationguides/082093558101_install.pdf on 2026-09-24. Chart values are restated as numbers; no text or table is reproduced.
- Overage: TileBuys, “How to calculate tile needed”, retrieved from https://www.tilebuys.com/pages/how-to-calculate-tile-needed on 2026-09-24. Chart values are restated as numbers; no text or table is reproduced.
Quantities are estimates for buying materials. Actual use depends on tile variation, joint depth and installation; manufacturers publish their coverage figures for estimating only.