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2x2 & 6x8 Windmill Tile Pattern Calculator

This layout repeats a 8x14 module of three tiles in two sizes — two 6x8 and one 2x2. The same tile sizes are laid to a different module in Windmill Pattern.

200x150 & 50x50 Windmill

Opuslay — tile layout worksheet
Room:
3 m × 2.5 m
Units:
Metric (cm / m²)
Anchor:
Left · Top
Layout angle:
Straight
Tile colours:
Single colour
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Material breakdown

200x150 & 50x50 Windmill material breakdown for a 3 m × 2.5 m room
FormatQty / PatternShareQty / RoomArea / Room
15x20 cm296.0%2617.20 m²
5x5 cm14.0%1200.30 m²
Total3100%3817.50 m²

What you'll need to buy

Tiles to buy

15x20 cm255 tiles7.65 m²
5x5 cm126 tiles0.32 m²

Total 381 tiles · 7.96 m² (incl. 6% cuts & breakage)

Adhesive & grout

  • Thin-set adhesive: ≈ 20.3 kg (1 × 50 lb bag) — recommended trowel: 6mm notch
  • Grout — the tile sets the joint width, not you:
    • ≈ 4.4 kg (1 × 10 lb bag) — 3mm joint, rectified / tight-set tile
    • ≈ 7.3 kg (1 × 25 lb bag) — 5mm joint, natural or non-rectified tile

Adhesive: allow a little over on an uneven substrate, or if you back-butter large tiles — both eat more than a flat bed.

Grout: the 25 lb bag is the usual size (10 lb for small jobs). Buy it in one go and stick to a single bag size: bags from different batches can dry to slightly different shades.

It's the tile that decides the joint, not the setter — dry-lay a section to find your width. Assumes 9.5mm tile depth; adjust for your product — thicker tiles need more.

Only need the grout figure? Open the grout calculator →

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