PLAIN AND CIVIL: EXAMPLE 4.3.1. ESTIMATE THE TILEWORK FOR A WALL

Wednesday 24 July 2019

For a 3.0m x 4.00m wall, estimate the tilework if tiles are arranged as follows:

a. 6" x 6" tiles

b. 4" x 8" tiles installed vertically

c. 4" x 8" tiles installed horizontally

a. 6" x 6" tiles

For this case, where tiles carry equal sides, the general formula for determining tile quantity will be adopted.

$Tiles=\frac{3.0m\left ( 4.0m \right )}{0.15m\left ( 0.15m \right )}=533.33\simeq {\color{Red} \mathbf{534pcs}}$

b. 4" x 8" tiles installed vertically

Taking proportionality:

$Tiles=\frac{A}{b}\left ( \frac{B}{a} \right )=\frac{3.0m}{0.20m}\left ( \frac{4.0m}{0.10m} \right )=15\left ( 40 \right )={\color{Red} \mathbf{{\color{Red} }600pcs}}$

c. 4" x 8" tiles installed horizontally

$Tiles=\frac{A}{a}\left ( \frac{B}{b} \right )=\frac{3m}{0.10m}\left ( \frac{4.0m}{0.20m} \right )=30\left ( 20 \right )={\color{Red} \mathbf{600pcs}}$

In this example, it is noted that when both factors in determining the number of tiles end up as whole numbers, there is no difference between installing tiles vertically or horizontally.

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