Genius Hack To Cut Curves In Tile By Rounded Walls | Smart Tips & Tricks To Make Curved Tile Cuts
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ค. 2023
- This is how to cut floor tile around a curved/rounded wall.
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Video transcript (what I said in the video): this porcelain tile is 9x48 (inches) and we have to make this cut here around the curvature of the wall first step is to cut this tile to the size that we have from here to that corner which is about 38 and 1/8 so I already measured and made the mark so let's cut this I'm using this Sigma to cut it I line up the line there that's it we have our cut and we place the tile over the next row perfectly aligning you see with the grout line it's perfectly aligned so this tile is just sitting on top of this row and also here I place the tile here as if we already have a grout line between that tile and this tile and then I took a measurement from there to the wall and I transferred it here and then I also took a measurement from here to there and transferred it from here to here so basically this line I marked is the corner the wall there how do we transfer the exact curvature of the wall on the tile we know that this point here this is here right if you take a piece of tile same width as tile if you take one of these and put it here see from the wall you realize the line is right there at the end of the tile so what I came up with I taped a pencil to a piece of tile piece of tile being same size from here to here right so let me see if I can do this with one hand I always have to keep this parallel to this line to this grout and perpendicular to that 90 degrees I cannot go like this or like this and always touching the wall and following that so let's see what I can achieve I can take the Sharpie now and mark over the pencil and then cut the tile and hopefully this will fit perfectly in there I use the plunge feature of the wet saw and I move the tile around this way and I scored the line see it's all it's all scored here and then here I plunged it completely so this is cut through and now I'm going to cut the tile here on this line and then on another line like half an inch in up to here and then I'm gonna clear that corner so it looks rounded see so I made one cut here and then I kind of continued making this cut so I broke off that piece I'm gonna make some more cuts here maybe try to put the blade a little deeper here and then try to break off each piece and then I already made a couple of cuts here and I eliminated this piece I cut all these slivers just kind of put pressure here see but I find it's better if I hit it with something like this all of them are broken and I'm just gonna shave this and these two so it's all done this is how it looks let's see if I can put it in using just one hand let's try here first okay okay and it looks pretty good to me pretty good there you go and if you think this is a too big of a gap it's not so much because the drywall is missing down there so looking from above you see it's perfect looking from here the drywall is missing a little bit in order to check to be even more accurate take a piece of tile the baseboard is going to be thicker than this but I'm taking a piece of tile as if this was the baseboard and I'm dropping it down see but if this piece of tile covers perfectly here see then a piece of baseboard will definitely cover so it's not not too big of a gap it's just that the drywall doesn't go all the way down see I can stick my finger in there there you have it beautiful so now mix thinset and install the piece of tile and then use these wedges these wedges go here and uh they go all around in this there are too many these are too many but that's because they are under here stuck in the thin set under here um and sometimes they break so I put three instead of two here same there 3 instead of 2 just to have enough in case one breaks 24 hours later after this tile was installed I usually just take a hammer which is kind of risky you got to be careful not to hit the tile I hit here at the top I don't hit on the bottom I don't touch the tile I do this see they pop out or I do this like this okay like that like that and that's it these wedges are usable and these are garbage and the bottom part of these it's buried deep down there under the tile forever it's gonna be covered with grout
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this tip is very good!! This pencil method makes it easy to mark the cuts, I'm a tiler here in Brazil, congratulations on your work .
It’s not a hack it’s called scribing and craftsmen have used this process for hundreds of years!
True - for real craftsman it's a normal procedure but for most people is a cool hack/trick especially if they attempt a DIY project.
Beautiful work, perfect fit, and clearly explained! Congratulations! ❤
This is a brilliant idea. I used to use thin cardboard to make a template for these cuts but now I don’t have to thanks to you. You can use this trick on Tile or laminate floors. 🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you. Check this other video where I show the last 3 tile cuts to close the round area: th-cam.com/video/xnrQbmxFbnY/w-d-xo.html
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awesome ❤
Loved it!
Awesome!!👏🏾
This is very useful. I ran into a similar issue today with the stringer on a sailboat. Well, back to work with the new knowledge that you've supplied me. Thank you.
I've seen this before and done it myself in a different setting, but this was very well done. Nice job.
Thank you.
Nice and to the point info.
Thank you!
Really cool. This is dope
Thank you!
straight to the point and accurate
Thanks!
well done sir very nice
Thank you!
Good video I’m also a installer and came up old school from some of the best guys I ever seen till this day. Thanks for the tip….l. Sun ed
Fantastic!! Thank You❤😅
You're very welcome!
Beautiful
Thank you!
Using small angle grinder with diamond tipped cutter is useful for curves, shaving edges, notches in tiles.
That method definitely does the job and quite fast but I'm trying to avoid silica dust by any means because it causes irreversible lung disease or worse. Very dangerous, even small amounts that are not even visible.
So given that I had the wet saw set up inside the house (while the temperature outside was around 112F in Phoenix, AZ), it took more time but yea, I usually do these cuts on the wet saw and they are not that many/often because very few houses have these rounded walls.
The grinder (with some water) could be used outdoors in most cases but for some of the mansions around here, the mess that's created is also a problem (dirty water spots, tiny sharp tile pieces on the ground where people walk barefoot to the pool, etc).
Brilliant
Thanks Dianna!
make it-a-nice-a!! 😀😃
Nice work, 10/10! I use a diamond grinder for my cuts like these, I avoid wet saws for the most part. What clips do you use? They look like they break very consistently. Our company uses QEP and I find they don't break clean off and require a very strong whack so we go with rubber mallets
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If clips don't break 'clean off', it can be because there's too much thin-set around the legs of the clip in the grout line. There could be other reasons, probably brand related.
I avoid the grinder as much as I can because of the silica dust (found in other construction work too). See some of my long replies to other comments where I go into some detail on how horrible that dust is because it causes irreversible lung disease.
Nice! You need to keep the pencil tile jig perpendicular to the wall. You kept it perpendicular to the back tile. Theat why your gap was larger towards the radius as rhe radius grew.
I had a bit of trouble moving the jig because I was holding the camera with one hand and the best way to move the jig is with both hands.
Still, I do think that one must hold the jig perpendicular to the long grout line all the time (or the long side of the tile).
If I were to hold the jig perpendicular to the wall all the time, as soon as the wall starts to curve and I adjust the jig for 90 degrees with the wall, my mark begins to cut into the tile and the more pronounced the curve is, the more is going to eat away from what's supposed to be my finished tile.
The result would been a shorter tile and an increasing gap between wall and tile especially towards the tip of the tile.
That's how I see it happening.
Feel free to try some samples with cardboard or something and let me know.
Thanks for your comment and have a great day.
Let me cut that curve.
I was fired several times for cutting curves.
There’s already a tool available for that. Several actually.
Definitely. And the pros who deal with these rounds tile/flooring cuts quite often, would most likely have it.
The way I did it in the video is just a quick use-what-you-have way of getting it done and I hope it helps at least some DIYers.
Put a small diamond blade on an angle grinder to make make your curve cut
See some of my long replies to other comments. It's mostly about avoiding silica dust.
@@MarkShows1 ware a respirator
@@crossbow3539
I'm trying to protect myself even from the smallest amounts of silica dust especially after I learned how bad it can be for us as years go by.
Even with a respirator, the silica dust gets all over your clothes and then gets carried in the vehicle, home, etc.
The more I can protect myself from silica dust by actually not creating the dust, the better.
now please show the curve baseboard..........: )
I wish I could but I only did the tile. In fact, the homeowner did a lot of old flooring removal and he also was about to do the baseboards himself and I'm assuming he's got them done by now.
Still, I've done round baseboard at other jobs and a good way to go about it (especially if you buy new baseboard for the whole house) is to check with specialty stores what baseboards come in the rubbery/flexible format, choose one, and buy matching baseboard for the rest of the house.
So then the regular baseboard would perfectly match the shape/size of the flexible baseboard when they meet by the rounded walls. I'm assuming the flexible baseboard can only be painted (not stained) but I'm not sure on this.
Maybe after this job u can get yourself a grinder
I got that but the main problem is silica dust that I'm trying to avoid by any means. And it was July in Phoenix, AZ and I had the wet saw set up indoors so I went for it.
`you know if you used a grinder you could have it cut in about 1min instead of fucking around with a wet saw.
(This is almost a copy & paste of what I replied to someone else:)
Trying to avoid silica dust by any means because it causes irreversible lung disease or worse. Very dangerous, even small amounts that are not even visible.
So given that I had the wetsaw set up inside the house (while the temperature outside was around 112F in Phoenix, AZ), it took more time but yea, I usually do these cuts on the wetsaw and btw, very few houses have rounded walls.
But yes, the grinder (with some water) could be used outdoors in most cases but for some of the mansions around here, the mess that's created is also a problem (dirty water spots, tiny sharp tile pieces on the ground where people walk barefoot to the pool, etc).
@@MarkShows1 ive been tiling 30 years, only time we have used a wet saw is for Marble/stone.
isnt silica dust from stone ?
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The following is just a part of what you can see at this link.
I added my notes in [brackets] below.
www.osha.gov/silica-crystalline
"Crystalline silica is a common mineral found in the earth's crust. Materials like sand, stone, concrete, and mortar contain crystalline silica. It is also used to make products such as glass, pottery, ceramics, bricks, and artificial stone.
[some online source says porcelain has about 14-18% silica and porcelain is a type of ceramic]
Respirable crystalline silica - very small particles at least 100 times smaller than ordinary sand you might find on beaches and playgrounds - is created when cutting, sawing, grinding, drilling...[see link for more].
Workers who inhale these very small crystalline silica particles are at increased risk of developing serious silica-related diseases, including:
Silicosis, an incurable lung disease that can lead to disability and death;
Lung cancer;
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); and
Kidney disease.
To protect workers exposed to respirable crystalline silica, OSHA has issued two respirable crystalline silica standards: one for construction, and the other for general industry and maritime."
@@MarkShows1 well 90% of us tilers are fucked so
I’m a landscaper so laugh if you want, but I’ll just get cardboard , put it up against wall, use a knife to cut it to size, and then use the cardboard as a tracer to transfer the shape onto your tile or flooring. I’m just a landscaper 😅 I think what you did is called scribing? My dad does that without that tool he just uses his hand and the pencil.
If the cardboard method works great for you, that's awesome. I'm guessing the tolerances in landscaping are not so strict as in tiling.
In my case, especially with long tiles (and these were 4 ft long) the cardboard would most likely be an extra step and also open me up to error since it may bend a bit.
See the longer curved cuts in this other video: th-cam.com/video/JKDJlV7WtKo/w-d-xo.html
Have a great day!
@@MarkShows1 not saying you should do the cardboard method. just saying thats how me a dumbass landscaper gets these angles lol 4ft tiles sounds like a nightmare
If cardboard works great for you, that's actually a very smart way to go about it because you don't need to buy a special tool and most likely have easy access to cardboard from boxes, etc so thumbs up to you.
where's your angle grinder?
Trying to avoid silica dust by any means because it causes irreversible lung disease or worse. Very dangerous, even small amounts that are not even visible.
So given that I had the wetsaw set up inside the house (while the temperature outside was around 112F in Phoenix, AZ), it took more time but yea, I usually do these cuts on the wetsaw as not too many houses have rounded walls.
But yes, the grinder (with some water) could be used outdoors in most cases but for some of the mansions around here, the mess that's created is also a problem (dirty water spots, tiny sharp tile pieces on the ground where people can easily step on given the many pools around here, etc).
You would of cut that tile way faster with a grinder with a diamond blade and don't waste a lot of time 😅
Lots of tile guys would take a grinder and cut that outside which creates SILICA DUST - very dangerous!
Even if water was somehow added during the grinder cut to keep the dust down, there may be tiny sharp pieces of tile landing in places where the customer may step some day.
Therefore, I prefer to use the wetsaw for most tile cuts and I had it set up inside the house in a separate place.
@@MarkShows1 that is why face mask exist I have been tiling for more than 15 yrs and some of the jobs I don't even use the wet saw so please don't give me those excuses but if you want to make your job more difficult be my guest or maybe you don't know how to use a grinder properly🤷♀️
I'm not giving you any excuses, I'm not criticizing you, I'm not arguing with you - I just answer your original comment in a decent way.
Now I answer your second comment/reply:
I'm a big fan of ZERO SILICA DUST although that's hard to achieve.
If I were to use a mask and cut tile outside with a grinder, the dust will get all over me and then throughout the day I would breathe in certain amounts of dust from my clothes, etc.
Silica dust can lead to silicosis, which has no cure and can be deadly. Lung cancer is in there too. You can read more at this link but I'll also copy and paste the article for others to see and protect their health.
Silica dust can be a killer!
www.osha.gov/silica-crystalline
(This article is the above link. )
Crystalline silica is a common mineral found in the earth's crust. Materials like sand, stone, concrete, and mortar contain crystalline silica. It is also used to make products such as glass, pottery, ceramics, bricks, and artificial stone.
Respirable crystalline silica - very small particles at least 100 times smaller than ordinary sand you might find on beaches and playgrounds - is created when cutting, sawing, grinding, drilling, and crushing stone, rock, concrete, brick, block, and mortar. Activities such as abrasive blasting with sand; sawing brick or concrete; sanding or drilling into concrete walls; grinding mortar; manufacturing brick, concrete blocks, stone countertops, or ceramic products; and cutting or crushing stone result in worker exposures to respirable crystalline silica dust. Industrial sand used in certain operations, such as foundry work and hydraulic fracturing (fracking), is also a source of respirable crystalline silica exposure. About 2.3 million people in the U.S. are exposed to silica at work.
Workers who inhale these very small crystalline silica particles are at increased risk of developing serious silica-related diseases, including:
-Silicosis, an incurable lung disease that can lead to disability and death;
-Lung cancer;
-Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); and
-Kidney disease.
To protect workers exposed to respirable crystalline silica, OSHA has issued two respirable crystalline silica standards: one for construction, and the other for general industry and maritime.
@@MarkShows1 jajaja all the tilers I know for 20 yrs plus are still alive and kicking if you are so worried about this kind of dust then you shouldn't get out of your house because we breathe all kinds of dust every day and everywhere...people who never smoked in their lives end up with lung cancer so one particular dust doesn't define how you're going to die ....blessings anyways....
@@maricelaa6 Blessings to you too. Hope our conversation here and the link I posted will help others too. I wish I knew all about silica dust 25 years ago. Here's a video on the topic of silica dust from Australia:
th-cam.com/video/c-zVty3zhLc/w-d-xo.html
The fact that some guys breathe silica dust and seem fine after 15-20 years, does not mean they are ok. A check up at the doctor will most likely show lung problems. So my thought process is: why continue breathing SILICA dust if I know it is horrible for health or even deadly.
Scribing isnt new
True, yet many people don't know as much as you do, so the video is meant to help them.
Whack comment
@@MarkShows1 I'm one of those people, thank you love!!!
@@merimaker You're welcome!