Cutting squares in the centre of existing tiles

philip1301 · Post by **philip1301** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 6:10 pm

Hi,
I'm thinking of revamping our existing bathroom but I'm on a bit of a budget. One thought was to cut a square out in the centre of several of the existing wall mounted tiles within the shower cubicle and insert a small border tile for added effect. The only problem is I'm not sure which would be the best tool to perform this job. I did think about buying a Dremel which I thought would might be lightweight and small enough but, again, I'm not sure this would do the job. Any ideas anyone?
Thanks!!
Philip.

big-all · Post by **big-all** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:19 pm

heeelllooo and welcome philip

i would forget it
you would require several tools and about 20 to 30 mins per tile
getting a square corner is the hard part as the dremil will not cut out corners easily

your onto a 90pecent chance of a broken tile a 90 percent chance the opening arnt all square and a very good chance off chips

you can buy tile stickers for this very purpose

these ones are water slide so will need fixing and may not be sutable for showers
http://www.benporium.co.uk/

philip1301 · Post by **philip1301** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 11:30 pm

Thanks Big-All!!

Based on your advice, I'll think I'll leave this until i can do the job properly!!

Cheers!