Cutting Large Format Tiles

patrickwoodcock

I want to tile a wall using 3 different height tiles, 15x120, 20x120 & 30x120. The only way I can do this in the tile I want is to buy 60x120 tiles and cut them down.

A friend who knows a little bit about DIY told me if these were cut they could have too sharp an edge and could be dangerous. Is there any way of making a straight cut and having a ‘normal’ edge on them?

Thanks in advance

antiskeptic

patrickwoodcock wrote: »

I want to tile a wall using 3 different height tiles, 15x120, 20x120 & 30x120. The only way I can do this in the tile I want is to buy 60x120 tiles and cut them down.

A friend who knows a little bit about DIY told me if these were cut they could have too sharp an edge and could be dangerous. Is there any way of making a straight cut and having a ‘normal’ edge on them?

Thanks in advance

You might ask a glass cutting service to chamfer the edge of the cut tiles - given they chamfer the edges of glass (if using glass for e.g. a shelf).

You're going to see the chamfered edge though - since the surface colour is only skin deep usually. So if your tile is white and the body of it is red, then the chamfered surface will be red.

Calahonda52

as above, it may also stain when grouting unless pristine clean.
IMO not the best idea, rethink it

jack of all

Sharp edges would be the least of your worries, side lighting would dramatically highlight the difference in any cut edges versus the factory finish chamfered or "bevelled" edge and this would look terrible IMHO. Best to change your plan and try to source a tile in the sizes (or close as) you require. Only situation I could see something like this working is where a floor tile is sometimes cut down and used as a skirting tile on the walls around the edge of a floor (field) tile, but the top (visible) edge would always have the factory finish.

dodzy

patrickwoodcock wrote: »

I want to tile a wall using 3 different height tiles, 15x120, 20x120 & 30x120. The only way I can do this in the tile I want is to buy 60x120 tiles and cut them down.

A friend who knows a little bit about DIY told me if these were cut they could have too sharp an edge and could be dangerous. Is there any way of making a straight cut and having a ‘normal’ edge on them?

Thanks in advance

No unfortunately. Once you cut, you lose the smooth profile. A diamond wet wheel would give a smoother finish but you will always know the difference.

patrickwoodcock

Thanks for all the input all, i do appreciate it. Anybody have any experiance of pressure water cutting? If that might give a better cut then a disc etc? Thanks