How to cut tiles

[SS]

Ok fixing another botch up from previous owners.

Imagine facing the window (from inside) On either side of the window the wall has been tiled halfway up the wall. Now what they must have done is....taken the window facing off, tiled up to the window and then put the facing back on. The facing is flush at the top of the window but they have flexed it out to cover the tiles further down. I need to now try and cut the tiles (in situ) in a straight line where the meet the window facing.

Any thoughts on how to do this. Angle grinder springs to mind.

[Andrew May]

Multimaster would probably do it although even that will chip the edges of the cut a little.

[John Rumm]

Multimaster or clone with a carbide or diamond segment disc on it. (I have used it for doing shaver socket and shower valve cutouts in existing tiles with no problem)

[Dave Plowman (News)]

To get that perfect cut which looks so right on tiles you need a wet diamond power tile cutter. Doing it freehand with anything else won't look so good. If they're decent tiles, you may be able to remove them intact for cutting. Cheap ones likely not.

[Jules Richardson]

As others have suggested answers to that specific problem - what about taking the facing off and putting something behind the non-tiled portions such that when you put the facing back on it's all at the same level?

Maybe that'll look strange, I don't know, but it was just a thought on a different approach to tackling the problem :-)

(I assume that, if you do cut the tiles, the facing will still stick out more than the tiles do?)

cheers

Jules

[SS]

The facing wouldnt look right if I put behind the untiled part. The facing will be about level with the tiles when I cut them.

[John Rumm]

I think he was suggesting you keep the facing where it is, and add a packer behind the bit not on the tiles such that it no longer needs to bend over the change in surface height.

[TMC]

Or replace the facing with a thicker one rebated where it overlaps the tiles

Regards

Tony

[fred]

In article , SS writes

Angle grinder with a fixed batten as a guide sounds good to me, a thin line of caulk/sealant will cover any minor deviations.

I'd suggest either a thin (1mm) abrasive or diamond cutting disk (cheap aldi or lidl fine).

[Jules Richardson]

Yes, that was it! I can't decide if it'd look OK or not (although probably, if the exposed edges of the packing pieces were the same colour as the surrounding wall).

It was just a stray thought that might be eaiser to implement than cutting the tile (given that most of the facing has to come off anyway) - although I suspect that cutting the tile with an AG will work just fine if you have a steady hand for that kind of thing. cheers

J.

[NT]