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    Slate Cutter Cutting Trimming Nibbling Natural Slates Spring Loaded 6mm Max Cut

    This slate cuter is ideal for cutting and nibbling slates for fine fits in awkward positions. • Slate cutter. Spring loaded cutter for ease of use. • Total length of the cutter 320mm. • Spring loaded. Continue reading...
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    Hansil Manual Tile Cut Hi-speed Tool

    Hansil tile cutter Continue reading...
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    Hansil Manual Tile Cut Hi-speed Tool Vintage Working In Original Box

    Boxed ready to go! Offers if available are very much welcomed! If not available then feel free to message us we are very open and fair sellers.Prices are generated through averaged or cheapest completed sales prices from eBay and discogs (if vinyl records) or through online private sellers sales...
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    Tileasy Professional Tiling tools Heavy Duty Tile Nipper and Cut & Snap

    Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Tileasy Professional Tiling tools Heavy Duty Tile Nipper and Cut & Snap at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products! Continue reading...
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    Too thick to cut?

    Not a full time tiler and questioning everything but..I need a wet saw to cut a lot of 45's in 20mm, 12" marble tile. Is the Sealey 180 a decent bench saw for a small but tricky job? Any other options anyone might suggest would be welcome.. thanks
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    Tiler says my plan is impossible becasue of cut edges

    Tilers turned up this morning, I explained the plan, and they said it's impossible. Something about cut edges. I have a combination of quartz and terrazzo tiles which I understand have to be cut using something called "wet saw" (whereas porcelain tiles can simply be snapped)? I said: suppose...
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    45 degree backsplash corners cut?

    I’m about to tile a backsplash with 1.5” marble interlocking mosaic tile. I have two 45 deg angles and am not sure how to cut the tiles for these corners.
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    What prep to do, cut plaster out?

    Hello everyone, Thank you for allowing me to join the forum. I'm replacing the toilet hand basin and needed to remove some old tiles because the size of the new basin didn't match up to the position of the old tiles. I have removed the old tiles but there is damage to the plaster wall...
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    How to cut these 3d ceramic bathroom tiles?

    Hi folks, Not a large amount of experience tiling but I did a respectable job on a kitchen backsplash with metro tiles a few years back. My wife has decided she wants a particular tile fitted to our shortly to be renovated bathroom. These tiles are B&Q ceramic 600mm x 200mm and they have a...
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    How to properly cut point drain with large tiles?

    Hi The tiling contractor did a poor job tiling the shower floor which causes drainage issues. As far as I understand there should be an envelope cut, he claims that the interior designer told him that its ugly and insisted on doing it this way. Whats the proper way to do an envelope cut here so...
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    Advice on grout/ Silicon at cut edges

    Kitchen tiling around the window - (first time using tile trim) I have cut the tiles and done my best to make the cuts neat and even - but as you can see from the pics the gap is uneven. Can I make this neat / cover with grout or Silicon? Or do the cuts need to be re done?? Any advice...
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    Cut bath or tiles

    Hello I have a 1700 wide bath tub and my bathroom is also 1700 and bit wide, with the tiles, in on both sides, the bath cannot be slotted as is, at least 1 side the tiles need to be cut or from side the bath tub needs to be cut. Builder claims its better to cut the bath, the person I bought the...
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    Tile cracking at edge of cut

    I have a Rubi manual tile cutter which is quite new. It has been fine initially but now each tile I cut fragments at the top. I cut from the bottom up but three tiles in a row have cracked the corner off at the top. Any ideas what I am doing wrong? These are all standard straight cuts. Nothing...
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    Small chips on cut edge - will grout hide them?

    Hi All, I am struggling to cut 10mm thick ceramics(600x300) with my wet cutter without some small chips on the cut edge. I'm worried this will look poor around the window where it meets the trim. My grout is a similar colour to the tile, will it colour the small chips? Photo attached. Thanks...
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    Big bit of ply, or cut into smaller bits?

    Hi I am redoing our bathroom. I'm going to be laying 18mm plywood on the joists (16in centres, with noggins) and tiling on that using a decoupling membrane (Ditra 25). My plywood is 2440x 1220mm. Is it better to lay the plywood in one big sheet or cut it into smaller sheets with 3mm gap...
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    Knee pads

    Looking for a new pair of knee pads that wont cut into the back of legs when wearing shorts, any reccomendation would be greatly recieved
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    What tool to cut neat contours in 6"x6" ceramic tile? — (Kitchen backsplash)

    I am installing kitchen backsplash with 6" x 6" ceramic tiles to the ceiling. The challenge —> there is an existing custom wood vent hood with trim at top and bottom of hood with curved and rounded contours to fit tile around. What is the best tool/tools to have the best success. I am prepared...
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    blade for cleanest cut and cut with not cracking bond

    unfortunately after tiling the kitchen I realized I want to end the tile about 6 inches back where it currently meets a hardwood floor for a cleaner transition line. see pics for showing the line I want to cut back, about 6 inches, my line would be the masking tape. I would like the new tile...
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    Best way to manually cut corners from floor tiles?

    Hi all, Looking for some advice. I have some floor tiles I got from wickes which are thick ceramic. I also have a MAC Allister manual tile cutter which seems to have a decent enough blade on it. I can't for the life of me cut a corner piece out of these tiles without breaking the tile. I am...
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    Which variable speed grinder out of these? Does higher speed mean better cut?

    I'm after a 125mm variable speed grinder. I was going to go for the £150 Metabo at the bottom of the list, because I think the 2000rpm lowest speed would be more useful polishing at least, but it only goes to 7600rpm max. Does that mean a poor cut? Am I better sacrificing the lowest speed...

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