Tiling your floor or walls and need to know how many tiles, bags of cement, and grout to buy? This breakdown gives you the exact materials per square meter — and our free calculator below does the computation for you the moment you enter your area.
Choose between 200x200mm glazed tiles or 600x600mm granite tiles. Enter your local prices to get an estimated total cost based on what materials actually cost in your area.
Quantifying construction materials may be dreadful for most people and I believe most of you are relying to your engineer or foreman for these tasks. This easy cheat sheet is created so non-technical people can do DIY estimates on tiling works. All you have to do is multiply the factors below to your total area (in square meter) to get the total quantity of the tiling materials and its corresponding average price.
Tiling Materials Calculator
Enter your tiling area and your local prices to get the total estimated cost.
* Price/unit is optional — type your local price to compute total cost.
| Material | Unit | Per sqm | You need | Price/unit (₱) | Total (₱) |
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* Quantities include wastage allowance. Always round up when purchasing. Labor cost not included — add approx. ₱248/sqm for glazed tiles, ₱1,652/sqm for granite tiles.
Glazed Tile Materials Breakdown per Square Meter
Table below is just an example. So are the prices. Amount for labor cost should be around Php 248.00 per square meter so, total cost per square meter of glazed tiling work with labor cost is around Php 853.00. To give you seamless experience, we suggest you just utilize the tiling calculator above. Where all you need is input the amount (per piece), and it will do the job for you.
| Description | Unit | QTY | Amount / Unit (PhP) | Total Amount (PhP) |
| 200cm x 200cm Glazed Tiles | pc | 26 | 16.00 | 416.00 |
| Portland Cement | Bag | 0.33 | 260.00 | 85.8 |
| Sand | cu.m. | 0.03 | 1,500.00 | 45.00 |
| Tile Grout | Bag | 0.13 | 65.00 | 8.45 |
| Tile Adhesive (25 Kg) | Bag | 0.15 | 405.00 | 60.75 |
| GRAN TOTAL (per SQ.M.) | 616.00 |
Unglazed Tile Materials Breakdown per Square Meter
| Description | Unit | QTY | Amount / Unit (PhP) | Total Amount (PhP) |
| 600mm x 600mm Granite Tile | pcs | 2.92 | 1,500.00 | 4,375.00 |
| Portland Cement | bag | 0.33 | 260.00 | 85.80 |
| Sand | cu.m. | 0.03 | 1,500.00 | 45.00 |
| Tile Grout | bag | 0.13 | 65.00 | 8.45 |
| Tile Adhesive (25 Kg) | bag | 0.15 | 405.00 | 60.75 |
| GRAN TOTAL (per SQ.M.) | 4,575.00 |
For the unglazed tiling works, 60cm x 60cm granite tile is used. Just multiply your total area in square meter to the factors above and you should get a conservative materials estimate for your tiling works. The factor for the labor cost is around 30% – 45% of the total materials cost. Since granite tile is more labor sensitive as it needs buffing, trimming and polishing, its labor cost is also way steeper compared to glazed tile sample above.
The average labor cost for granite tiling per square meter is around Php 1,652.00. Thus, getting a total cost of Php 6,227.00 per square meter.
Furthermore, unglazed tiles are best used in wet areas suck us bathroom because it is more slip resistant. Also, unglazed tiles are preferred to outdoor gardening and tiling works because it is not apparent when the tile is chipped.
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Hello! Thank you for this convenient computation, I am just wondering why you removed the Tile Adhesive for Unglazed Tiles. Thank you.