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I am tiling my bath (ceramic tiles 13.3 Inches)and now come to the hardest bit of tiling around toilet seat.

I have only manual cutter and jigsaw with standard blade.

I have also removed toilet seat but seems it is too difficult to make a hole in the tile as I do not have the right tools.

Can I use Jigsaw to cut in a curve ? Any recommended blade I cans use to cut ceramic tile?

Also is there any east way to cut the

grit edged blade from toolstation
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Power%2 ... 581/p67688

I've thought about trying one of them blades bigall,are they good in your experience of using them?

Mane, if you have removed the toilet pan and can tile the floor under the pan area, much better in my DIY opinion, but only if you have no cistern or waste alignment problem and are only worried about drilling for the pan anchoring screws, that should be relatively easy with standard masonry bits; practice on some off cuts and use a template of stiff cardboard to re find the position again, for the screws to pick up in some good floor anchorage.

thanks for the reply...

Just tried grit edged blade.... no good.... it cuts a bit and then just stopped.

I forget to mention while removing the toilet pan, one of the screw was broken so more than half of it is still inside the solid concrete floor. How can I remove it now?


aeromech3,

So I can drill into the tile?

If glazed ceramic then for drilling look at this http://is.gd/7oykUH as I said, if never done it before, try in some off cuts, the tile needs to be on a firm flat base or already bedded and start slowly.
Broken screw might be easier, if you have flexibility, to move the toilet pan slightly and have a new screw plug position than battle to get a sheared screw out!

A handheld tile hacksaw worked for me on wall tiles but can be labourious on floor tiles and you need same spare blades to do a toilet periphery http://is.gd/AFpOjn is an example but most tiling outlets and tool warehouses have them.

steviejoiner74 wrote:I've thought about trying one of them blades bigall,are they good in your experience of using them?

used the last version from tool station and cut a 12mm stone floor tile no probs
pm your address and i will post one to you foc

Ceramic, stone and porcelain are all very different to cut. Those tile jigsaw blades will go through soft material but not a chance in hell on a porcelain tile.

Mark curve on tile.

Place it ontop of another tile on the cutter bed.

Put cutter wheel onto tile and manually move the tile around to score the curve into it.

Then use the breaker to cut it.....if it doesn't work, do the same again and then nip the waste out.

Colour Republic wrote:Ceramic, stone and porcelain are all very different to cut. Those tile jigsaw blades will go through soft material but not a chance in hell on a porcelain tile.

ok my mistake i tough ceramic would be the problem

Ceramic can be a problem, mate.

The jigsaw can snap them.