Tile Cutting = Cracked Tiles

[SteUK]

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 cheapie b&q job do the business (only place local to me and open :/)

Thanks!
Ste

 

[Italy]

sorry, I believe that it would be better to change the decoration strip setting.
maybe you saw brick type .without alignment tile lines

 

[Wishiwasatoptiler]

Are you laying the cutter on the floor or on on a work bench, you maybe pushing through and smashing the tile. Also how old is your scoring wheel. May need replacing.

 

[SteUK]

All down to personal taste antonio it's what the wife wants, and who is going to go against that force of nature!

Great advice Wishi. Wish I had checked back sooner! The wheel has cut about 10 tiles (over the height - 20cm) and had been fine. I was cutting on the floor though. Ended up, in my blind panic of having half a bucket of adhesive to be used (not rapid setting), scoring on the cutter and breaking over a corner by hand. Worked well enough!

Cheers,
Ste

 

[Italy]

All down to personal taste antonio it's what the wife wants, and who is going to go against that force of nature!

Great advice Wishi. Wish I had checked back sooner! The wheel has cut about 10 tiles (over the height - 20cm) and had been fine. I was cutting on the floor though. Ended up, in my blind panic of having half a bucket of adhesive to be used (not rapid setting), scoring on the cutter and breaking over a corner by hand. Worked well enough!
Also in Italy command the wives!!! ahahah

Cheers,
Ste

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[p4ulo]

Good one matey, looks alright too.
In hindsight, I would've said you could've moved the back face of tiles across so you lost that thin cut down the LHS. But, it all looks clean and tidy and it all lines up!

 

[SteUK]

Thanks for your kind words p4ulo. Went with the way it is as there would have been a small column by the shower 45degree piece of not. It was all a bit of a compromise one way or the other.

Whilst I have you though. Wonder if I can beg some advice? Woke up today with a sudden panic that I had my left enough expansion to the wall (left in the picture). I left 2 to 3 mm, but fear that adhesive will have filled the gap and I didn't clean it out properly. That then led on to a panic about the backer board behind. I can't remember, but think I just smoother over the excess adhesive, filling the gap to the wall. Pretty sure I left a few mill between the board on the short wall to the long as I remember putting silicon in. The walls are internal, made up of 5cm cinder block with a sand cement render and finish plaster (hence the backer board). They are not tied into the ceiling completely as I recall.

Do you think I have a problem??

 

[SteUK]

Probably important to add that between the backer and tile is a waterproof membrain with rubber like tape in the corners.

 

[SteUK]

In fact, I have a picture fro. August last year when I put the boards up on that wall. Shows I did fill the gap :-S

Should I be worried? I suppose I could remove tiles and chop out that corner a bit, then make good again and re-waterproof.

 

[SteUK]

Saying all that...

I have a picture or two that shows the sand and cement render that appears to bridge that corner...

 

[p4ulo]

I'm sure it'll be fine mate, as long as you try to keep the corners relatively clear of anything other than Silicon from now on!

 

[SteUK]

Thanks for the advice...

But, I am naturally a hugely risk averse kind of guy. I don't usually go against a professionals advice. However, for complete peace of mind I think I will take the extra time to cut open the two corners and chop a gap back in.

Addressing this, in theory, will only take me a day, cost a few extra tiles (have looooads spare as bought a job lot) and another tub of Mapei waterproofer. I have asked Mapei if cutting the WPS and remaking it after will pose a problem.

You probably think me completely mad?! I am just paranoid about either...a) tile falling into my two year old daughter whilst she is in the bath, b) having to rip all this hard effort out and start all over again.

 

[Flintstone]

Thanks for the advice...

But, I am naturally a hugely risk averse kind of guy. I don't usually go against a professionals advice. However, for complete peace of mind I think I will take the extra time to cut open the two corners and chop a gap back in.

Addressing this, in theory, will only take me a day, cost a few extra tiles (have looooads spare as bought a job lot) and another tub of Mapei waterproofer. I have asked Mapei if cutting the WPS and remaking it after will pose a problem.

You probably think me completely mad?! I am just paranoid about either...a) tile falling into my two year old daughter whilst she is in the bath, b) having to rip all this hard effort out and start all over again.

I wouldn't bother going to all that trouble, it will be fine

 

[SteUK]

Gosh, two professionals telling me to leave it now. What a pickle! Thanks for your advice Localtiler.

Just not sure I can leave it the way it is, knowing it might fail, and with it ruin the whole wall, and I could address it with an extra days effort and a cost of £25.

If I was to go against your advice, do you think there will be an issue re-waterproofing up the corners with the liquid membrane stuff?

Thanks again!

 

[Andy Allen]

Are you an engineer, health and safety officer?
A Tiler on the forum fills his corners with grout and silicones over it.....and according to him with no issues Inc his own bathroom .......not me btw.
I'm sure it will be fine.