Cutting Floor Tiles Around Doors

Using a miter saw.

Cutting floor tiles around doors.

Tiling a floor in a home or room that is in the process of being built or remodeled is fairly straightforward. You can use either a sliding model or a non sliding model just make sure the blade is large enough to cut the entire width of the laminate flooring in one pass. You lay as many whole tiles as possible and you cut around obstructions only when needed. More specifically five common ways to cut tile using five different tools.

Crosscuts are short cuts across the plank. You ll learn how to cut ceramic tile. How to undercut and fit ceramic tiles around door casings and jambs. Rip cuts are long cuts down the length of the plank.

How to cut tile flooring around door facings. A miter saw is nice because all you need is a simple little mark and the saw will do the rest of the work this is the ideal tool and can cut perfect 90 degree cuts or any other angle up to 50 degrees for most saws. Notch cuts remove small pieces to fit flooring around door jambs pipes and similar. Professional floor installers often cut the door molding or facing to make the tile fit.

Use a straight edge to mark the line with an erasable marker. While loose tiles are cut using a tile wet saw installed tiles need to be cut with hand tools. Demonstrated by master tile setter armen tavy. Before using any tool to cut tile measure the glazed side of the tile to determine where you need to make the cut.

Cutting vinyl plank flooring. In this video you ll learn how to cut tile. Vinyl floor tiles are a fast and easy way to change the look of a room. They are ideal for bathrooms because they are water resistant and when laid properly will protect the sub floor from water damage.

They are easy to shape for placement around objects because all you need are scissors. When installing tile flooring in most of the cases you will face the issue of installing ceramic tiles around door jamb as to get a nice appearance. But if you are working in a house that is a historic building. This is relatively simple because so few obstructions are in place at this time.

Score and snap is the basic technique but it must be applied in three different ways.