So I have a small job maybe 25 sq. feet of tile. The tiles a 6x36" and will need to cut some of them. Not a bunch of weird stuff. Mostly just cuts.
Do not have access to a tile saw and see some say this works with a diamond wheel. Thoughts?

When I did our backsplash in our kitchen and then our upstairs guest bathroom floor, I rented a dedicated wet saw. Much better, quicker, and easier than could have done with an angle grinder.

I would recommend it!

The other option is, and sorry but I don't remember the name of the tool, but was a "snip" that would grab and cut tile.

You'll be far happier with the result if you either buy or rent (i.e. Home Depot) a manual tile cutter. Just make sure whatever you end up using can rip a 36" plank because you are going to need to rip some planks. If you were closer, I'd loan you my tile cutter. Its a very nice cutter for not much money.

Unfortunately I do not have access to rent that kind of equipment. Thanks though. But do own a good grinder.

There is a cheap scoring tool that scores them till you can snap them. The cuts look very cheap. The P.O. did some tile work in one of my bathrooms and it's very noticeable.

I would highly recommend measuring and marking the tile and taking it to a tile place or somewhere with a wet saw and pay someone $20 to cut them for you.

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Originally posted by old rugged cross:
Unfortunately I do not have access to rent that kind of equipment. Thanks though. But do own a good grinder.

If you're at all picky about the end result, a handheld grinder isn't going to be the right tool for that job.

do it! since you can't rent the wet saw a new cut off wheel will work, be careful and go slow

It can work but is not the best option for straight lines.

I've cut tile before with an angle grinder but I wouldn't want to cut the entire long length of a 36" tile. Mostly used them for small cuts or to cut the middle out of a tile.

It will make a lot of dust. You will want to do it outside and with a mast. Someone can hold a shop vac hose to suck up the dust also.

You will want a diamond blade made for tile. They are thinner than other diamond blades. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Mi...AvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Thanks BD, fortunately I will not need to rip any tiles for this job. Just cut. Buying something like that might be in the budget though. But I am just not really interested in buying something for one job. But maybe I have other jobs in my future, lol.

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Originally posted by jimmy123x:
I would highly recommend measuring and marking the tile and taking it to a tile place or somewhere with a wet saw and pay someone $20 to cut them for you.

Given you're only doing ~25 square feet, this is not a bad idea, assuming you can find a tile shop to cut them for you. Dry fit the entire floor carefully with whatever stagger you'll be using and insuring you keep all your grout lines uniform, and then carefully measure and mark each tile that needs to be cut so you can fit them back in to where they'll need to go. My concern is, if you have a bunch of rips and as many cross cuts, that approach might get expensive.

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Originally posted by old rugged cross:
Thanks BD, fortunately I will not need to rip any tiles for this job. Just cut.

Not sure how you're going to accomplish that. If your room is 5' wide and your planks are 6" wide, even using 1/16" grout spacers throughout is going to require at least one row of rips. And if you're tiling a bathroom, one row of rips on the side behind the toilet and vanity is fine. In an open room though, you'd likely want your starting and finishing rows to be uniform, requiring rips on both sides of the room.

If I'm missing something here, please correct me.

Most tile stores will cut a few for you for free. Take a bunch in and it may cost you $20 like what was mentioned before.

http://rtcproducts.com/us/the-...turbo-diamond-blade/


RTC. I use this with porcelain tile and 60v Dewalt grinder. Cuts perfect. Probably the best tile blade made for dry cutting.
Lineman

Link to sizes:
https://www.tiletools.com/prod...-rimmed-turbo-blade/

Thanks lineman, how expensive is that and how many cuts is one good for?

If you can bury the cuts under baseboard or some other overlap, a hand held grinder with a diamond wheel will be fine. It does take some hand strength though.

You can use some clamps and some wood to make a rail for you to run the grinder along and make very straight cuts.

It can be done.

$23.48
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Blue-...Snap-Cutter/50273867

Thanks guys, Arc, that is what I was thinking.
BD, it is going to be a wood stove hearth and backing. Both about 3'x5'.
Jimmy, that porcelain is very hard. Something like that is just not going to cut it.

About 28.00 for a 4 1/2” blade. As far as the number of cuts, I can’t say. I have used my a lot and it will still cut porcelain like butter.

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Originally posted by old rugged cross:
Thanks guys, Arc, that is what I was thinking.
BD, it is going to be a wood stove hearth and backing. Both about 3'x5'.
Jimmy, that porcelain is very hard. Something like that is just not going to cut it.

It works by scoring the tile, a groove in it and then it actually does snap pretty easily...….if not, the straight scored line would be easy to run your grinder with a cut off wheel down.

Thanks Lineman, good to hear.

A question about the layout pattern. On paper on a 36" wide layout. I am thinking an alternating 2-18" and then 3-12". Is that a common way to layout. Looks fine on paper.

If you are careful a thin diamond blade will do....

my main concern is you keeping the proper clearances for the wood stove. Both for the floor and wall...