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    Need to cut clay tiles

    I have been trying to source a "shield" "double bent" tile for over a week now and it looks like I may have to find flat tiles to match age and color and then cut the "V" shape out of them. I will probably have to do this by hand, any guidance on ensuring I don't spend longer picking up the...
    • theenglishman1
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    • aus cut tile tiles usa
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    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Best wet cut blade?

    I am replacing my blade from the standard blade which my cutter came with to hopefully a better quality blade. Could someone please reccomemed their favorite blade brand makes etc please? Thanks, Toby
    • TobysTiling
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    • aus best blade cut cutter dna montolit porcelain tough usa wet wet cutter
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    need to concave cut 1" 6x6 ruabon red tiles

    Hello, I need to cut a slight concave curve in some 1" 6x6 ruabon red tiles which I'm recycling! I have angle grinders + diamond discs (105mm continuous and segmented rims) Any advice gratefully received. Thanks Neil
    • neiljones
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    • aus cut tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    cut finger

    been to A& E tonight cut my finger on a tile and needed it gluing, I was gutted as it meant I had to finish at 3.30 and my helper got off work an hour early I will have to dock his wages :lol:
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    DC270 Deep Cut Exakt Saw

    Got one of these from Kevin Martin..DC270 Deep Cut Exakt Saw, really good tool. Needed one for a re-grout job in a fire damaged Manor house. Insurance company wanted it re-grouted due to smoke damage to the grout.
    • enduro
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    • aus cut saw usa
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Marble Tiles - How To Cut & Lay

    A customer is thinking of installing 600 x 400 marble tiles along walls and floor in their wet room installation. Are these tiles likely to be solid marble? If so, is the only way to cut these with a wet cutter? Finally, how long would you expect it taking to tile a rectangular wet room...
    • EViS
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    • aus cut how how to tile marble tile tiles tiling guide usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Wet cutter chipping final part of cut?

    Hi, I am new to this and have a wet tile cutter. It seems to be working brilliantly for 99% of the cut (8mm ceramic floor tiles) but on the last part of the cut it keeps cracking the finish and chipping the corner off. I am trying to feed the tile slowly through the cutter but I am not sure...
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    How difficult is it to cut a tile at 45 degrees angle?

    Hello everyone, I am new to the forum and would like some help regarding the difficulty or time consuming of cutting tiles at 45 degrees angles because: 1- I am having a new bathroom fitted and the fitters had to make some boxes to hide pipes. 2 - The boxes are going to be tiled. 3 - The...
    • JKLstar
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    • angle aus cut how tile usa
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Got my work cut out...

    Hello all, just a quick one to say that I am not going to be on here as much as usual over the next few days or week or so as Im in the process of moving house. Im in the new pad now but I have a lot of work to do :thumbsdown: Dont want you all missing me to much :smilewinkgrin:
    • Rich
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    • cut job jobs out tiling jobs tiling work usa work
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    what is the best way to cut plastic trim

    hi there. i have been cutting mine with a hack saw and a home made miter block. the accuracy isnt 100% but its fairly close and it wont cut shower trim.iv seen cutters that are like a handheld guilitine. how do these cutters work. will they squash the trim or leave a gap in the miter. i...
    • Alan M
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    • best best way cut plastic trim usa what
    • Replies: 72
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    power cut

    what a pain, we got a power cut in the street, just as i was going for a shower! at least i got internet, im using my mobile as a router. scottish power say it should be back by 7.15, i hope so as im meant to be going out tonight.
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    Technical request: Large holes into porcelain tiles how to cut or drill large holes

    This project was a technical request from a customer on how to put a hole into a tile high up in a bathroom on tiles that had already been installed (fixed to the wall). He wanted to know how he could drill so high up on the bathroom wall. Hello 365, I have to install a new 100mm vent fan...
    • Deleted member 1779
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    • cut drill holes how how to tile large porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles technical tile tiles tiling guide usa
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  13. peteablard

    Never cut corners in your preparation.............

    For anyone new to the trade who is unaware of the importance of preparing your substrate correctly then check this out.......:yikes: This is what I faced at a car showroom I tiled recently when I returned from my hols.. The prep work had been carried out by a couple of cowboys, they didn't...
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    wet stone to cut?

    I've just read a post on a mosaic artist forum and a chap on there said that when he was cutting some 10mm thick Verde Guatamala (I've seen it mostly classified as a marble but some places refer to it as a granite) rods with tile nippers he soaked them in water which made them easier to cut. I...
    • Musivarius
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    • cut stone usa wet
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    How to cut mosaic tiles? & setting out question

    Hi all, two for one today! What is the preferred method to cut mosaic tiles? They are tumbled marble. Each mosaic tile is 3cm x 3cm on a mesh backing I have a big clinker manual tile cutter and some ebauer wet blade cutter also, bit unsure with setting out this particular circumstance.. To...
    • davemul
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    • cut how how to tile mosaic mosaic tiling mosaics out setting setting out tile tilers tiles tiling guide usa
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Tile cut top or bottom

    This is my first tiling job and and I am tiling my whole bathroom with 300 x 600 ceramic tiles in a brick pattern? After working out the tile layout I am left with 80mm to figure out what to do with. Would I have equal tile cuts at the floor and ceiling or 80mm cut placed at either the top or...
    • Haveagoatit
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    • cut tile top usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Detail matters (even on hard to cut anti-slip tiles)

    SOME PICTURES OF MY LATEST JOB , THEY WERE THICK ANTI-SLIP TILES , FIRST TIME I VE USED THEM. I FOUND THEM PRETTY TOUGH BUGGERS TO CUT BY HAND ( WISH I WOULD HAVE PACKED MY ELECTRIC CUTTER :lol:) CUSTOMER WAS WELL CHUFFED AND ENDED UP GETTING 3 OF THER JOBS OFF HIM :thumbsup:
    • tilerjason
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    • cut tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Shower glass cut to size

    Hi All, I'm doing some bathroom jobs over the next 2 months which both require custom sized glass. Having spent the morning ringing around I'm pretty astounded in the difference in quotes I've been given...including one for 60 quid delivery! Can anyone recommend a reliable, quality & cheap...
    • smashedpeanut
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    • cut glass shower size usa
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    STUNNING!!! got my laser line to actually cut the tiles!

    If you have read my Dewalt D24000 thread, you will know i have managed to install a QEP Laser guide laser. Everything has been great except the batteries didn't last long. I found i was forgetting to switch the laser off each day. Looking around the net for better batteries, i came across some...
    • fulabeer
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    • cut laser line tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  20. W

    How do I .. cut a 400mm half circle?

    As you can see from picture, this is the bottom of my staircase. The tiles (ceramic) are 300mm x 600mm x 10mm. The bottom/base of the staircase is half circle rounded, 400mm. How do I cut/shape the tile?

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