Monday, October 25, 2010

Drilling through tiles without cracking them

 

Ever tried to fit a towel rail to a tiled wall? Drilled holes only to land up with cracked or broken tiles? A bugger, especially if you can’t replace the tiles as you have no spare and they are no longer stocked.

Give this handy tip a try to avoid such mishaps.

  1. Apply a 2 strips of masking tape in cross on the area you need the hole.
  2. Mark the point for the hole with a marking pen (this should be on the tape)
  3. Using a tile drill bit, start on low speed and slowly increase speed drilling till you are through the tile
  4. Replace tile bit with masonry bit of required size and continue drilling to depth required.
  5. Remove tape, vacuum dust and insert plug and then your fitting.

Tile drilling TPaper holder

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