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To cut a single socket sized square hole in a tile that's been on the wall for 5 years. (Please).
We need an extra socket next to one that's already there, so can I get going with the Dremel & toffee hammer or what?
Ta.
Masking tape on the tile, draw round box, stitch drill just off centre of the line and tap the rest out with an old wood chisel hitting across the tile if that makes sense?
I would use disc cutter carefully and then finish off the little bits that the disc can't get to with a hammer and small chisel
Masking tape on the tile, draw round box, stitch drill just off centre of the line and tap the rest out with an old wood chisel hitting across the tile if that makes sense?
I would use disc cutter carefully and then finish off the little bits that the disc can’t get to with a hammer and small chisel
I'll give both those a go thanks. I've got about 15 spare tiles to practice on just for this occasion!
I had to drill new holes in my tiled wall to put a new towel rail up. Tried various drill bits and just succeeded in overheating them. Ended up going to Screwfix to get a tile cutting bit, it wasn't one of the expensive ones and took ages to drill the holes I needed. Cannot imagine trying to stitch drill!
and then finish off the corners it can’t reach with a small nail punch. Bit extravagant for a one off socket though.
Diamond blade for multitool. £10 from Screwfix.
I did this with an oscillating multi-tool and a tile blade. Worked fine (cheap and nasty tiles) but the dust was horrendous.
Yes, should have said a diamond blade rather than the grindy type ones
I wouldn't stitch drill, I'd drill the corners and then use a diamond disc, or maybe one of the little cutting discs you can get for a Dremel. If the corners are drilled, I doubt you'd have to cut the full thickness, half way and then tap it (since you have some to experiment on)
I would get one of those spares and draw where you want the box. drill the 4 corners with a proper but then multi tool with diamond bit. if you support it properly it shouldn't break. you can make a template out of ply and clamp it to the tile as a guide. add water to cool the bits and go slow
Once you have the tile, take the old one out
presumably you need access to the wires not sure how you plan to do that with the existing tile in situ?
Once you have the tile, take the old one out
presumably you need access to the wires not sure how you plan to do that with the existing tile in situ?
this was my first thought, by far the easiest and most likely to succeed, I’d assumed he was drilling through the back to provide power?
Thanks everyone, I’ve just tried a tile bit that I didn’t realise I had & it went through like butter. I tried a mini cutting disc with my Dremel (copy) that didn’t touch the tile. So I’ll need a diamond mini disc, or stitch cut it.
presumably you need access to the wires not sure how you plan to do that with the existing tile in situ?
The new socket’s going right next to a fused switch so I’m hoping I can tap through into the back of that with a chisel/nail punch/Swiss army knife.
I’m not touching the lecrics, just smashing the wall down making the hole.
😀 My colleague has just had a shouty call with his tiler (having an extension built with a new bathroom upstairs and an extended one downstairs).
The silly pillock has tiled over all the backboxes for sockets, power feeds and the like.
Some of them will he will have had to trim, remove, or hammer back into the wall cavity...