Breaking bond

[markster]

Hi, hopefully someone might be able to point me in the right direction.

I'm tiling a lobby and adjacent cloakroom floor using 600x300mm porcelain tiles in a stretcher bond layout. The two rooms are adjacent one another and resemble an 'H' shape on plan.

If I set the lobby floor out and run the bond uninterrupted into the cloakroom I end up with some thin cuts which looks awful. I'd like to break the bond in the cloakroom doorway to allow the two rooms to be set out individually, but dont want to use an edging strip. Will a wet saw give me a fine enough finished edge to allow me to cut a strip the thickness of the door lining to lay at 90 degrees to the normal bond in the door opening?

Thanks for any advice.

 

[hillhead]

Welcome markster,
a good wet saw will give you the perfect finish to do what you want!
i used my sigma 10m last week to do similar with no problems at all.

 

[markster]

Thanks Hillhead, I've managed to get hold of a nearly new Dewalt D24000 and hope that this is up to the job.

One other point I've just thought of from carpentry work in the past - should I cut the tile face side down to get a better finish?

Thanks

 

[AndyBob.]

Hi markster if the wheel rotates towards the table(as most wet saws) then no as it will chip your finished surface as it breaks out of the tile, also any slithers on your saw table may scratch your tile face.

 

[markster]

AndyBob

Thanks for this, much appreciated.

 

[AndyBob.]

Your welcome mate. that tile saw you've got your hands on looks real good.

 

[markster]

Let's hope the operator is just as good?