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Re: Cutting ceramic floor tiles in place

To: "Bill Gilroy" <wmgilroy@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Cutting ceramic floor tiles in place
From: nick brearley <nick@landform.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:59:04 +0000
At 18:45 22/01/2007, Bill Gilroy wrote:

>I used a 4 1/2" angle grinder with a diamond blade.  Cut the tiles and
>cement board like butter and the tiles had no chips.  Worked great, dusty as
>hell.  Seal the area where you do this.  Down side was the blade was $23,
>but it made the job easy.

Having a shopvac running just downwind of the cut helps a bit. Filthy 
job in a living area though. Thinnest blade possible cuts down the dust some.

Nick Brearley 




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