Cut floor tiles close to wall (already laid)

youtheman

Folks, looking for some tips please. Going to put up a stud partition and double doors in my tiled hallway. Want to get back to bare floor where the partition and door saddle/threshold will be. Plan to use an angle grinder and disc to cut an slot in the tiles. This should work o.k. (hopefully !), but I expect I will run into problems when I get close to the wall due to the radius of the blade (I'll be removing the skirting). Any suggestions?. Could drill a series of holes with a glass drill bit and hope that the tiles breaks along these lines. Or I could remove a few tiles (if I can find some replacements).

Crocodile Booze

Replacement tiles ideally. Cutting in situ with a diamond blade in grinder will work but will be dusty, very very dusty. Plastic sheeting and masking tape will help.

chooseusername

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058233410/cut-floor-tiles-close-to-wall-already-laid

If you can get hold of a multi-tool and a tile cutting blade it would do the job;

https://www.screwfix.ie/p/bosch-tile-grout-segmented-cutting-blade-85mm/60161?tc=BI5&gclid=CjwKCAiAgbiQBhAHEiwAuQ6BkrArzyzbqVWWnZ94aCMMsjUyzwyWd-KOPZgrh1FxNLQ8mL1MRymSPBoCaWcQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

youtheman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118645702#Comment_118645702

I presume the 'multi-tool' is a vibrating device (as opposed to your normal rotating device). Am I correct?.

10-10-20

I did it on porcelain tiles as well as on marble using a concrete blade on an angle-grinder. The finish was pretty good, no issues other than having to cut right into the wall to complete the cut. Just take it handy and as mentioned above - have very good ventilation and wear full protection.

the_pen_turner

buy a small diameter diamond disk