195 New Guides on Repairs, Waterproofing, Layout Patterns, and Bidding
195 new guides answering common installation and repair questions — hollow-tile and cracked-grout troubleshooting, waterproofing and sealing by material, basketweave and diagonal layout planning, transition strips, slip ratings, and job-bidding math.
New195 new guides, including hollow-tile and cracked-grout troubleshooting, waterproofing and sealing requirements by material (ceramic, porcelain, marble, natural stone, cement, quarry, glass), basketweave and diagonal layout planning, transition-strip sizing, slip-rating (DCOF) guidance for showers, entryways, and patios, and job-bidding and labor-estimating math
v1.20.0August 24, 2026
From-Photo Room Capture, Smarter Consent & 84 New Guides
Trace a room outline from a photo instead of drawing it by hand, get a heads-up when a layout needs an unusually high share of cuts, and browse 84 new guides. Plus fixes for sideways-scrolling phones, stuck room previews, and broken guide links.
NewNew 'From Photo' room option — photograph the room, mark two points a known distance apart to set the scale, then tap the corners to trace the outline. It becomes your room shape automatically
New84 new guides, including tile material comparisons (natural stone, marble, glass, cement, quarry, porcelain, ceramic, and mosaic vs. each other), care and sealing schedules by material, job bidding by room size, subfloor prep and moisture control by climate, and cut-planning guides for backsplash and floor patterns
NewNew Contact page, linked from the site footer
ImprovedThe results total now settles with a quick animation whenever a new calculation lands, and a layout with an unusually high share of cut tiles now shows a callout naming the measured rate and what's typical for that pattern
ImprovedVisitors in the EU, UK, Switzerland, and covered US states now see a certified consent dialog for cookie choices in place of the site's own banner; everyone else is unaffected
FixedFixed the calculator page scrolling sideways on 320px-wide phones, and the tile preview's Reset button being clipped off-screen at narrow widths
FixedFixed rooms added via 'Add another room' sometimes getting stuck showing a blank preview
FixedFixed broken guide links on the bathroom and floor tile calculator pages
Cost estimates now price in whole boxes instead of fractional tiles, add internal partition walls to plan multi-room layouts, and a new solver returns three ranked layout options instead of one auto-picked answer. Plus 10 new guides and a mobile fix.
NewCost estimates now use real box pricing — waste that doesn't push you into buying an extra box is free, but crossing a box boundary adds exactly one box's price to your total
NewYou can now price your layout by the box, in addition to per tile or per square foot/meter
NewThe waste buffer used in cost and material calculations is now yours to adjust, instead of a fixed 10%
NewAdd Internal Wall — draw a partition wall inside a room to plan tile layouts across two connected spaces, with editable length, thickness, and axis
NewNew 'Find Layouts' tool — set a minimum cut size you're willing to accept and get 3 ranked layout options to choose from, each showing waste, symmetry, and cut count, instead of one auto-picked layout
New10 new guides, including tile material comparisons (porcelain vs. natural stone, quarry, cement, and glass tile), installation prep for tiling over plywood, OSB, and cement backer board subfloors, and troubleshooting guides for tile lippage and tenting
ImprovedLayout comparison — on screen and in the PDF — now leads with box counts and dollar savings between layouts
FixedFixed room dimension inputs loading below tile size controls on phones — they now appear first, matching what the page tells you to enter
v1.18.0August 3, 2026
Stronger Script Security Protections
The site's Content Security Policy now identifies every script on a page by an exact fingerprint calculated at build time, which is the groundwork for blocking injected scripts outright.
ImprovedEvery page now ships an exact fingerprint of the scripts it is allowed to run, so an injected script can be identified as not belonging
ImprovedRemoved a policy setting that previously made it impossible to protect the guide, pattern, and marketing pages without breaking them
FixedFixed the Google Ads conversion beacon being reported as blocked, and stopped the site's "last updated" date from changing on every deploy
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