Cutting Floor Tiles Around A Corner

How to cut tiles that are in corners or difficult to cut.

Cutting floor tiles around a corner. Making the cut you need two measurements to notch around the corner. Using the edge of the top tile as a guide draw a line on the bottom tile. Another common angle cut made in ceramic tiles is for a tile insert. Customize your tile with l cuts by measuring and marking the cuts you need.

The distance from the end of the last board to the beginning of the corner and the distances from the corner to the tongue edge. L cuts are angled cuts for fitting a piece of tile in a corner around a cabinet or along piece of molding. Cut the circle out. Here s an easy way to mark border tile around the edge of the room for cutting without using a tape measure.

Place the tile to be cut directly on top of the last full tile. A mitered edge is where the sharp edge has been ground at a 45 degree slant. Then use a combination of straight cuts and notches to cut out the full shape. If you re planning on laying your tile in a diagonal pattern which may require diagonal cuts measure from corner to corner instead to make sure it will fit the tile cutter.

Mark the pattern on cardboard with a compass set at 1 2 bigger than the circumference of the collar. To make a pattern to cut the tile around the outflow pipe measure the diameter to the outer edge of the collar around the outflow pipe. Measure the tile from end to end and pick out a tile cutter at least 1 inch 2 5 cm larger than the dimension of the tile. There are many products that you can get to get this job done but this contour gauge might be one of the coolest we ve seen.

Some tile saws even have a beveled edge which will make creating the angle even easier. How to cut tiles that are in corners or difficult to cut. Simply cut sides of the edge tiles with a tile saw. Ceramic tiles frequently are installed with one or more corners clipped of f and an accent tile installed in.