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Tile Border Layout calculator.

Count full border pieces along separate straight edges and supplied corner pieces.

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Use measurements from your plan and properties from your chosen product. Any prefilled values are illustrative.

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Copy this specification from your supplied design or product documentation. This tool does not select spacing, fixing patterns or structural requirements.

Border edge 1
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How this calculation works.

Straight lengths exclude the area occupied by corner pieces. Border pieces and corners remain distinct from field tiles.

Pieces per edge = ceil((edge length + joint)/(piece length + joint))Calculated with normalised units

A worked example

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Border piece length
0.3 m
Joint width
5 mm
Separate corner pieces
4
Border edge 1
Straight tiled length
3 m
Border edge 2
Straight tiled length
3 m

Straight border pieces: 20 pieces

Before you purchase

Use dimensions from your plan and properties from your chosen product. Any design spacing, section or fixing pattern must already be specified.

Straight lengths exclude the area occupied by corner pieces. Border pieces and corners remain distinct from field tiles.

Method: dimensional arithmetic and user-supplied specifications. Software checks: 2026-10-04. Calculation and review policy.

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