Because wall tile installs differently than floor tile even though you might have a rough idea how much adhesive you need based on the size of your notched trowel you will sometimes need more mud on wall installations than on floors.
How much wall tile adhesive do i need.
For example a 20kg bag of ultra tile pro set wall and floor tile adhesive powder will cover approximately 4 to 5 square metres of tiles at a bed thickness of 3mm this is how thick the layer of adhesive is.
This is to help the tiles with gravity.
As a general rule of thumb you need 1 5 litres 53 fl oz of pre mixed adhesive for each square metre of wall that you tile to cover 10 square feet of wall.
The bed layer can be up to 12mm if needed.
This floor tile adhesive coverage calculator will estimate the quantity of cement based tile adhesive you will need secure your tiles to the floor surface you are tiling.
Answer a few questions and we ll be able to advise on type and quantity.
To use the floor adhesive coverage calculator enter the size of the flooring area to be tiled in square metres m 2 the calculator will provide estimates for cement based.
Use our free online tile coverage calculators to help you estimate how many tiles and how much floor wall adhesive and tiling grout you will need for tiling wall and floor areas.