Today’s tutorial shares how to cut tile around outlets. Patience and a keen eye along with the Montolit Squadro will help make perfect cut tile around outlets. Montolit also has great manual tile cutters like the Masterpiuma, which can also cut glass tile.
Your best bet is to clamp the tile to a flat surface and drill a hole at each of the four corners using a diamond coated bit. Next, use a diamond coated saw blade in a small circular saw, grinder, or tile saw to carefully plunge cut between the holes. Remove the center section, and use tile nippers to break off any protrusions that remain.
There are a few simple things that need to be done if you want to cut an outlet hole in a tile. There are actually two different tools that can be used to cut an outlet hole in a tile, a tile saw and an angle grinder with a diamond cutting wheel. You will need to cut the front of the tile and on the back of the tile.
cutting tile around outlets Related Question:
How do you cut mesh backsplash tile around outlets?
Use a carbide or diamond-coated bit to drill four holes at each of the tile’s corners. Then, you will need a tile saw, grinder or small circular saw fitted with a diamond-coated saw blade. Use this to carefully plunge cut between the holes.