Cutting tiles in place....en-suite remodel

[Munchincocopops]

Hi - I plan to remodel our en-suite. New shower tray, new floor tiles and to avoid retiling the whole ensuite I'm planning to make shower (900x1200) area a contrast tile. Shower area has a small tiled stud wall along the 1200 edge which I will remove and the existing wall tiles up to the stud wall will be fine to tile from into shower area some 900mm plus stud wall thickness. On the opposite 900mm wall this runs back to a door. Plan is to cut tiles in line with the door frame so to tile into shower area from that.

 

But....how do I cut tiles in position from top of door frame to celing.

I can remove door architrave and use a small rotary cutter with diamond blade and spray water on it but there will be a portion of uncut tile as i cannot cut right up to ceiling.

Multitool cutter or Dremel or?

 

Thanks for any advice.

 

[Nickfromwales]

1 hour ago, Munchincocopops said:

Multitool cutter or Dremel or?

Pretty much.

 

Then use a flat colour-matched trim to go from tile > tile to hide the cuts. Have the flag of the tile trim folded back over the cut (existing) tile if the cuts are 'less than great'.

 

Ceramic and porcelain are two very different beasts, so I hope the wall tiles you need to cut are ceramic. Caveat is that they shell at the edges much easier than porcelain, so good luck anyway, and cut slowly.

 

Do your first trail cut appx 10mm away from the actual line you are working to, so you can see how difficult they are to cut and what the finish is going to look like.

 

Your biggest battle will be, the removed tiles will want to take the plasterboard with them, so I think this is where your plan will seriously unravel.

 

If the tiles don't separate from the plasterboard, then prepare to re-tile the whole room. Don't buy tiles until you are ready to tile!!

 

 

[Munchincocopops]

Thanks for that.

Just thought I could use a flat carbide grit hacksaw blade - cut a slit in celing  so I can saw through the last bit of the tile.

 

I'm expecting door frame is fixed to vertical stud wall framing and so will cut through tile and then multitool wood blade to cut through plasterboard to wall framing. I might need to try and cut tile adhesive off back of tile with multitool too and break tile off in bits carefully...will see.

 

Normally I just replace all plasterboard as tiles I remove typically damage plasterboard, so I plan to replace.....maybe with tile backerboard as most tiles I see these days are porcelain though I will look for ceramic as I think easier to work with .....I do have a flatbed water table diamond tile cutter as I've done a few bathrooms and kitchens walls/floors for myself and family.....serious DIYer but no expert tiler so always happy to learn.

Current tiles are ceramic on plasterboard.

 

Yes plan to do a test cut & use flat trim.

 

Good tip - do not buy tiles until ready to tile.

 

Thanks again.