cutting round bent pipes

[FreeD]

Hi there. Whats the best way to cut round bent pipes when they fall in the middle of a tile in order to leave a neat finish? porcelain 300 x 300 thanks

 

[Leatherface]

Guess best way would be to split a tile down middle of pipe line, notch out carefully & fix. Guess the tiles will be mostly hidden by sink or toilet ?

 

[cornish_crofter]

The last time I had this problem I used a set of 365 Drills.

PM 365 Drills and ask him if there's any forum discount at the moment. He's one of this site's sponsers.

If you don't get the hole spot on, don't worry too much, you can get collars from Screwfix or B&Q etc that will cover the gap nicely.

To take care of a couple of radiator pipes coming through the floor I drilled 30mm holes (15mm pipes) then used the collars to go over the pipes. The tiles were then placed over the pipes and down onto the floor. The larger dimension coped with the compression stop ends.

Those were 600x300 porcelain

The client was extremely impressed

 

[DHTiling]

This one...

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Uncouple the trap so you just have the elbow...cut the hole and feed the tile over the elbow and down the pipe..

This one...

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Cut a slot out of the tile towards the wall and then in-fill with a piece to suit the slot...It won't show much under the waste pipe of the toilet..

 

[Leatherface]

What about the pipe in the middle, 1st picture ? Can't uncouple that one, unless you cut below floor level first !
Guess a lot of it will depend upon room and if you can set out to accomodate !

 

[FreeD]

yea tiles would mostly be hidden thinking along the same lines as you guys but just wanted to know what u lot did! I usually use diamond core drills...but haven't come across the bent pipes yet...as for removing the plastic trap this had crossed my mind but if you saw the state of the pipework under those floorboards you wouldn't dare touch it!! that plastic has all just been replaced as far as i know plumber sealed also but will try and loosen elbow without causing to much damage!

 

[DHTiling]

You uncouple the trap away , and that leaves the elbow....cut a hole about 5mm bigger than the pipe and the tile will slot over the top and down....i have cut a few like that,,,

 

[DHTiling]

The elbows will be solvent glued , so just remove the trap bend and slip the tile over..

 

[FreeD]

hi leather guess i'll just have to do the same if worst come to worst cut a slither out then put back in after...will be hidden by bday...what else can u do? :mad2:

 

[brian c]

you could cut the plastic pipe on the waste and do your hole cut then put a straight connector on and rejoin.