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  1. Kyle Knowles

    Cutting Hardi Backer

    Usually if my sigma is on the job I cut my hardi with that it's quick easy and accurate or if not I scribe it a million times and snap it but having just treated my self to a bosch GAS 35 AFC M I was wondering has anyone used one of them fancy blades in a circular saw attached to the dust...
  2. R

    Advice Please

    Encaustic reclaimed tile for splash back. Would like advice please. I take it they need sealing befor and after grouting. What to cut with would grinder do the job, would it be a good idea to wet then back butter ?
  3. T

    Cutting 20mm Porcelian

    Hi I have recently took on a big patio area floor job to be tiled in 20mm thick porcelian and was just wondering if anyone had any tips for cutting these monsters. I have a sigma 3p3m and rubi tx cutters that supposedly cut upto 20mm thick but don't they are going to cut these. Any help would be...
  4. M

    Which 115mm Cutting Disc?

    Hi I recently bought myself a cordless makita 115mm grinder as I will use this for a lot of cutting of metal trims...etc...,.could anyone reccome d a good all round blade for cutting tiles?..mainly ceramic and maybe some stone....thanks
  5. G

    Recommend Porcelain Cutting Disc For Rubi Wet Saw

    Can anyone recommend a good disc to put on a rubi cutting saw for porcelain?
  6. M

    Cutting Large 1.8x0.2m Tiles?

    Hi all I'm just about to start a floor tiling job with some wooden plank effect porcelain tiles at a whopping 1.8m long and 200mm wide and as its over several (5)rooms ( around 70m2 total) I'm going to have to cut into doorways and slithers along the entire length of these tiles. Although...
  7. S

    Tile Cutting = Cracked Tiles

    Hi all! After my tiles all dried out, I have set about starting my bathroom. Here is a pic! Have no reached the ceiling and doing long (30cm) cuts. Using a scoring tile cutter that supposedly goes up to 30cm, it just keeps smashing the tiles when I try to snap them. Is it just rubbish? Would a...
  8. D

    Tile Recommendation Needed :clean Cutting 300*600 Rectified

    hi all after having V+B wall tiles installed in another room , I'm looking for some 300 x 600 rectified white tiles one of the main criteria is a clean cut edge- my tiler used a wide range of professional devices with the V+B tiles , with varying results many thanks for your...
  9. V

    Cutting 900x900 Tiles

    It's looking like I'll be using 900x900, 10mm thick slate tiles for my wetroom. Can anyone recommend a tile cutter which would suffice? I'd like something with a guide to get any edges straight if that's possible.
  10. D

    Briccolina Users

    Hi there, I am considering buying one of these... could you squeeze a 160mm wheel into this cutter? I normally use ATS, and they don't do a 150! Thanks
  11. S

    Best Wet Cutter For Cutting Marble?

    Hi guys, I have some 305x305 marble tiles I need to cut into 10mm strips. I have a very basic wet cutter I have cut some of the tiles into. However, I'm wondering if these a wet cutter that would make lighter work of the job! I have many to cut up! I just looked in Toptiles at wet cutters but...
  12. A

    Cutting On The Curve

    Hello oh knowledgeable ones. The handful of bathroom floors I've done previously have been new installs, bogs been easy to lift to tile under or plumbers been there to remove it for me. Job in the new year is round the existing suite which looking at the state of the screws holding the pan...
  13. R

    Shell Mosaics

    Anybody fitted these before, they are incredibly thin, I'm thinking put them on mosaic backing sheets? They need to be cut to a curve to follow a curved basin too...
  14. A

    Help Please. How Do I Cut This?

    All. I'm trying to cut a 330 x 330 square tile diagonally into 4 pieces, to fit round a wetroom grid. Dry cutting doesn't give you a grout joint, so want to use wet cutter. On my cutter you can't use the guide, see photo, as the tiles too wide and at 460 diagonal its too wide for the bigger wet...
  15. S

    Feestool 125

    Anyone seen these, like a joiners rail saw for grinder, could have there uses Anyone got one,any good?
  16. Lakey

    115mm Cutting Blades

    Afternoon all, Just wondering whether anyone has any advice on cutting blades for 4.5" grinders? I've mainly used the Pro-Gres ones for porcelains which seem ok but with a certain degree of chipping. Any thoughts?
  17. O

    Cutting Porcel-thin Tiles With A Speed Cutter And Montolit Flash Line.

    Spent some time this afternoon with @GaryTheTiler and @Ray TT @ Porcel-Thin testing different cutting machines for use on Pocel-Thin tiles and other tiles that come under the classification of TPT (Thin Porcelain Tiles) We tested the Speed Cutter that's been the main cutter at Porcel-Thin, and...
  18. B

    Fired Earth Mosaics Fixing Advice

    Hi all . Been tiling for 13 years but never enjoyed large areas of mosaics . Been given surprise tiles on job just started- fired earth Indian Ocean . Would be okay if just on flat walls but now having to go half height around bathroom apart from bath area - there is no straight finished edge to...
  19. V

    Enclosures And Cutting Base Into Wall

    Enclosures that have separate panels aka modern walk-in style, come with panels and base of identical dimensions so you can't cut the base into the wall. You'd even have to tile around the screen fixings! Are they designed to be just plonked in a ready tiled corner? Seems madness! Getting one...
  20. gamma38

    New Rail Saw

    As the title says, i'm going to invest in a rail saw and i was wondering how many people have them, how good they are etc?? It needs to be able to mitre as well, and be used wet or dry with reasonable dust extraction. Up to now i've only looked at the Flex CS60 and the Marcrist STC185. The Rubi...

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