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4x4 & 12x16 Windmill Tile Pattern Calculator

This layout repeats a 16x28 module of three tiles in two sizes — two 12x16 and one 4x4. The same tile sizes are laid to a different module in Windmill Pattern. The 4x4 tile it uses also stands on its own — 4x4 Tile Pattern.

400x300 & 100x100 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

400x300 & 100x100 Windmill material breakdown for a 3 m × 2.5 m room
FormatQty / PatternShareQty / RoomArea / Room
30x40 cm296.0%707.20 m²
10x10 cm14.0%300.30 m²
Total3100%1007.50 m²

What you'll need to buy

Tiles to buy

10x10 cm32 tiles0.32 m²
30x40 cm65 tiles7.80 m²

Total 97 tiles · 8.12 m² (incl. 8% cuts & breakage)

Adhesive & grout

  • Thin-set adhesive: ≈ 24.4 kg (2 × 50 lb bags) — recommended trowel: 10mm notch
  • Grout — the tile sets the joint width, not you:
    • ≈ 2.2 kg (1 × 10 lb bag) — 3mm joint, rectified / tight-set tile
    • ≈ 3.6 kg (1 × 10 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 →

See the standard windmill (6x6 square, 6x12 rectangles)See the 8x8 & 4x12 windmill (16x16 module)See the small metric windmill (200x150 rectangles, 50x50 square)