I was looking at the shower head pipe in your last set of pics and thought, I wonder how many attempts it will take to cut that hole without cracking the tile, it looked so close to the other tile I didn’t think it was possible. Thought you might move the pipe further up the wall.
Did you use some kind of diamond tipped hole saw to cut it, it’s perfectly round?
I am going to be re doing our onsuite bathroom sometime this year. Got to rip up the tiles, replace the shower, toilet and sink. I am going at least half way up the walls with tiles, more if the money is available.
I have to get a new wet saw, the motor is dying on my old one, the one you have looks great, and expensive lol.
it was 299 US it is a straight up POS i had to modify the pump shiz and broke an adjustment leg off taking it out of the box hopefully It will last 5-10 years with constant use. I recommend using a little better saw than the 99$ one everyone sells. It sure helps the job go nice, a grinder with a 3.5-4" continuous rim diamond blade for the wierd cuts.
The hole was made with a 20v drill a diamond rim hole saw and some water dripping over the tile (soda bottle with hole drilled in the top turned over on piece works great in a pinch) the hole is too big, I was too lazy to get/look for the smaller size from the truck. The tile is still not set however i expect to break it when i start setting it. New tools keep getting better and better.
Yeh I was thinking you were going to have to be very gentle pressing it on the grout, looks like you only have 1/8 of an inch holding it together. The cover plate should hide the hole, better to have it too big than small, gives more room for adjustment.
If that saw is 300 in the US its probably 500 here lol. I have a 3.5 inch diamond grinder wheel, had to use it to cut the last 5 tiles in my grow room, when the motor started to die on my saw, I just clamped a straight edge to the tile to get a nice clean straight cut.
I ran a drill press for about 6 weeks in a machine shop. Drilling hubs back when I was about 19. We were building hubs for the first pine tree planter machine. It’s not fun when it’s not locked/held down and it hangs.
It would be best to clamp that thing in place before attempting this. Maybe with pipe clamps and a board?
The water drip is the thing …keeps the drill bit from getting hot and seizing.
Looks awesome @argo945! I like the new avitar too!
The plants in the trash can threw me for a loop, until I reread the label.
I have been looking at those trim bins. Are they worth it?
we all have our skills… ha ha.
