Set the waste for each tiled surface

You add waste on top of what the measurements say, and how much depends on the tile. A herringbone floor eats more than a straight-lay backsplash. Until now the job had one waste number, and it was only added when you were buying the tile yourself.

What changed

• Every tiled surface has a Waste % box. Tap a surface to open it. Until you type a number, the box shows what it will use and why — your Pricing Strategy waste % ("10% · your default", even if you never changed it), or, if none is saved, the standard for that tile and lay ("15% · herringbone", "15% · natural stone"; a chevron or herringbone mosaic sheet counts as a mosaic, 10%). Type a number on any surface to override it.

• One tap for the whole room or the whole project. Use 12% for the whole room (or the whole project) puts the same number on every tiled surface, and skips any surface where you typed your own.

• The tile you buy includes it. Tile rows on your materials list, and the tile, thinset and grout your services order, are sized with that surface's waste, worked into the box and bag count (21 boxes, not 20.9).

• Whoever buys the tile. When the homeowner supplies it, the row still costs you nothing, but it now says how much to order: "Includes 10% waste — buy 66 sq ft".

• Your measurements don't move. The waste never changes the measured area, the square footage you charge for, or the labor.

• Takeoff waste comes back on the order. When a takeoff prints its own waste, we still price the installed area, and that surface's waste is set to the takeoff's figure so the order matches it — ahead of your Pricing Strategy default. If you used the takeoff numbers as printed, that surface's waste is 0%, because the printed figure already includes it.

Surfaces you set your own waste on show a small +15% waste tag on their tile. Rebuild the proposal's materials to see the new quantities on a job you've already built.