DIY Tiler - 90 sq m of large format porcelaine tiling making me nervous!

[PJPro]

pj do you have a wet cutter

No. But I do have a couple of grinders.

I was thinking that maybe the plasplugs master tiler might be alright for the odd cut here and there but I was concerned that it would take to long to cut every tile with a wet saw. The dry cutter seems a much faster option....as long as I can get the tile to break where it should without chipping.

 

[Alan.P]

You say the floor 'will be' is the chip board down yet ?

 

[PJPro]

Give Tradetiler.com Home a call and David will sort you out. order tomorrow and it will be with you the day after.

Are they competitively priced?

 

[kilty55]

No. But I do have a couple of grinders.

I was thinking that maybe the plasplugs master tiler might be alright for the odd cut here and there but I was concerned that it would take to long to cut every tile with a wet saw. The dry cutter seems a much faster option....as long as I can get the tile to break where it should without chipping.

yes use dry cutter for straight cuts

but you need a wet cutter or a grinder with a tile cutting blade in it for angled cuts

 

[PJPro]

yes use dry cutter for straight cuts

but you need a wet cutter or a grinder with a tile cutting blade in it for angled cuts

OK. Thanks. Am I better off with a cheap (ish) saw or just get a blade for the grinder?

 

[Gazzer]

OK. Thanks. Am I better off with a cheap (ish) saw or just get a blade for the grinder?

if you have a wet saw then fine but a grinder with a decent wheel is great too.

 

[kilty55]

i think you should get a wet saw pj,you may need to upgrade the blade also as a lot of the saws come with basic blades

 

[PJPro]

You say the floor 'will be' is the chip board down yet ?

Nope. But it's been bought and is on site. The Project Manager says the chipboard / hardybacker combo is the approach they usually use for their jobs.

 

[Gazzer]

Are they competitively priced?

Very and he does a price promise thingy. Tradetiler should be a patron saint to all tilers...highly respected for his services.

 

[PJPro]

i think you should get a wet saw pj,you may need to upgrade the blade also as a lot of the saws come with basic blades

Could you recommend a cheap(ish) wet saw and suitable replacement blade. As I mentioned earlier, the plasplugs seems a popular choice.

 

[PJPro]

Very and he does a price promise thingy. Tradetiler should be a patron saint to all tilers...highly respected for his services.

OK. I'll give them a whirl.

 

[guil.rocha]

grinder all the way. Bosh makes good blades but make sure to go for the solid disc instead of the the ones that have splits in them.

 

[Gazzer]

Plasplugs is great if you can get one. tradetiler sell the Vitrex version. Marcrist wheels are a good replacement too.

 

[Alan.P]

Nope. But it's been bought and is on site. The Project Manager says the chipboard / hardybacker combo is the approach they usually use for their jobs.

long winded expensive way to go in my humble opinion, better off with 18 - 25mm wpb, and tile to this, with suitable preparation.

 

[kilty55]

Briccolina 230V Electric Diamond Tile Wet Saw

i just bought one of these,very nice to work with and cheap too,,porc blade is 35 extra

 

[PJPro]

long winded expensive way to go in my humble opinion, better off with 18 - 25mm wpb, and tile to this, with suitable preparation.

wpb? .

 

[Gazzer]

Water proof Ply or should i say Weather and boil proof....why you would boil ply though, I dunno

 

[White Room]

Buy a wickes cutter and change the blade, cheap and cheerful

 

[PJPro]

Water proof Ply

Interesting. I thought there was a move away from ply hence hardybacker, no more ply, etc

 

[kilty55]

Water proof Ply or should i say Weather and boil proof....why you would boil ply though, I dunno

ive often wondered how theyd fit it in the pot

 

[PJPro]

Buy a wickes cutter and change the blade, cheap and cheerful

Can it handle a 600x400mm tile? I need something with a nice, large, supportive top ( if it's anything like a table saw).

 

[DHTiling]

Personally, i would always use hardi now.. whether onto the chipboard or the ply.. much more stable to tile too..

 

[Gazzer]

Interesting. I thought there was a move away from ply hence hardybacker, no more ply, etc

Ahh now we enter differing methods. i always overboard with backerboards.

I would do away with the Chipboard and us ply and overlay with backerboard if it were my house. Far more stable.

 

[PJPro]

Ahh now we enter differing methods. i always overboard with backerboards.

I would do away with the Chipboard and us ply and overlay with backerboard if it were my house. Far more stable.

Hmm. Unfortunately, your good advice has come too late. Perhaps I should have joined this forum earlier? My bad.

 

[White Room]

Can it handle a 600x400mm tile? I need something with a nice, large, supportive top ( if it's anything like a table saw).

If your doing right angle cuts, do a wet cut into the right angle then dry cut, that where a good dry cutter comes into there own.

 

[PJPro]

It's been a long day so I need to put my head down! I'm not used to physical work.

Thanks very much everyone for your help and advice and will be back on tomorrow to let you know what I've bought.

 

[DHTiling]

Sleep tight..

 

[Bathfix Bob]

Don't forget PJ to post pics of the work as you go so the guys can give advice, just think you nearly PVA'd the walls so it was a good thing you came on here.

PVA is for plasterers and has no place in the tiling world.

 

[doug boardley]

I was intending to buy a cutter. Looks like the Rubi TX-700-N is the one to go for? How does the TX-700 (no N) differ to the TX-700-N? Is the N worth the extra?

I'm gonna have to buy the cutter tomorrow at the lastest, along with the (10mm) notched trowel, grout trowel, knee pads, etc, etc, etc.

imo the "N" isn't worth the extra, it just has a longer guide rail that can get in the way

 

[Bathfix Bob]

I can't believe this is a five start thread already!

Its one hell of a job for a diy'er though!