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Hi everyone & thank you for such an informative forum. Its helped me out loads so far but have a question of my very own..!

I have a rounded bath panel which meets the wall at a right angle. I am tiling the wall but there isnt any space to tuck the tiles behind the panel so i have to cut out curves in the tiles. Whats the best way to cut a tile in a semi circle..? How can I achieve the correct shape..?Are tile saws any good..? Wouldnt want to 'nibble' it out as I don't think the effect would stand up to the wifes scrutiny...!!

Thanks for any advice..

Danny

Have you got a picture of the bath panel?

Also depends on your tiles, if its not too sharp a semi circle you might be able to cut it with an electric tile cutter, or failing that I would scribe and nibble.

Depending on the radius of the curve, you can do large radius cuts on a manual cutter. Simply place a glazed tile (glaze down) onto your cutter bed then place your tile that needs cutting ontop and scribe the curve, the glazed tile underneath will aid the movement of the tile to follow the curve, Then snap in the normal way.

Alternatively, score as above but instead of breaking, use your wet saw to cut lots of little fingers up to the scribed line, then break of by hitting the fingers and clean up edge with a sanding stone.

Tile the wall

Cut a piece of timber (145mm x 20mm ) to the shape of the bath panel

Cut bath panel to required lengh (use the piece of timber you cut to
support the panel while cutting)

Gripfill the timber in position and leave to set for 24 hrs or plug and screw
it to the tiles

Use 1 mirror screw or screw and plastic cap to fix the panel to the timber
that you fixed to the tiles

Finish off with a mastic joint between tiles and panel

If you tile up to the bath panel it makes it difficult to remove for any
posible future problems

I can see the merits of that

Thanks for all the advice.
The timber way looks like a good & practical way.

Danny