Can I measure floor tiling areas room by room?

Yes. Measure each room's floor area on the plan and total them, then add your wastage percentage to get the tile quantity for ordering and quoting.

Can I include wall tiling and splashbacks?

Measure splashbacks and wet-area wall tiling by area straight from the plan, so wall tiles are counted rather than forgotten.

Does it help avoid over-ordering tiles?

Because you measure the real areas and apply a set wastage rate, your tile counts are accurate, which reduces the leftover boxes that eat into margin.

How much wastage should I add to a tiling takeoff?

Most tilers add around ten percent for straight lays and more for diagonal or patterned work with lots of cuts. MetreMate gives you the net square metres, so you apply your wastage rate to a real area rather than a rough estimate.

How do I measure trims, edging, and skirting tiles?

Use the Perimeter tool to trace the room and wet-area edges, and MetreMate returns the lineal metres for tile trim, edging strip, and skirting tiles, so the finishing materials are counted alongside the field tiles.

How accurate is a tiling takeoff off the plan?

As accurate as the drawing. With the scale set and snapping on the corners, your floor and wall square metres match the plan, so the tile order is right and you are not chasing extra boxes mid-job.

MetreMate for Tilers

Measure tiling areas from plans in minutes

Measure floor and wall tiling areas, calculate tile quantities with wastage, and quote tiling jobs from PDF plans.

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Under 90s to your first measurement

Why tilers choose MetreMate

Tilers use MetreMate to measure floor and wall tiling areas from plans and calculate quantities in minutes. Use the Area tool for tile quantities and the labour to lay them, and add your wastage rate, so you waste less and protect your profit. It runs in your browser, so there is no printing and nothing to install.

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Quote in minutes, not hours

Set the scale once and measure straight off the PDF. Your first measurement takes under 90 seconds, and it's free to start.

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The slow way, or the smart way

What changes when tilers measure in MetreMate instead of off a printout.

Without MetreMate

Estimating tile quantities without accurate areas
Forgetting wall tiling and skirting in wet areas
Over-ordering and wasting tiles

With MetreMate

Area tool for tile quantities and labour
Perimeter tool for trims and skirting
Manual Scaling from any known dimension
Layers Manager to organise by area
Pencil tool for freehand mark-ups, and to add your initials or signature by hand

500+

Tradies using MetreMate

50,000+

Measurements taken

90s

Average time to measure

Everything you can measure off the plan

Set the scale once, then pull the quantities tilers actually quote on.

Lengths & lineal metres

Any distance, edge, or run measured straight off the plan.

Areas in m²

Trace rooms, slabs, and zones for instant square metres.

Perimeters

Boundary and edge runs totalled for you, no maths.

Counts

Tap to count fixtures, fittings, and symbols with live totals.

Step by step

How tilers use MetreMate

1
Floor tiling takeoff
Measure floor areas room by room to calculate tile quantities plus wastage.
2
Wall tiling
Measure splashbacks and wet-area wall tiling for accurate wall tile counts.
3
Tiles and labour
Use the Area tool for tile quantities and the labour to lay them, with your wastage rate added, so you waste less and protect your profit.

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