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  • Tiles are sold by the square foot not by the tile..
  • Measure the room & round up to the next foot, ie.. 11' 6" just write it down as 12'
  • If the room has offsets or halls, just remember to treat it like another room & do the length X width of each area. Then add them all up.
  • Box will tell you how many sq feet is in a box, so you are paying by the foot, but buying by the box.
  • Each 16X16 tile is 2.25 sq feet
  • 16X16 tile will likely be packaged in a box with 9-11 pieces per box.
  • Usually about 14- 18 sq feet per box depending on the makers preferences.
  • By way of example if your room is 12X12 that's 144 sq feet,
  • Divide the sq feet by how many sq feet in the box & you know how many boxes.
  • Add about 7-10% to make sure you have enough.

Starting in the middle of the room and working means you may have a fair bit of cutting one all the walls but a centered look is much better and likely allows you to use the pieces up.

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