Making Holes In Ceramic Tiles

Two for each shower head two for each tub spout one for a handheld shower spray two each for any water supply lines coming up from a tile floor.

Making holes in ceramic tiles.

Use a inch masonry bit to drill a series of closely spaced holes around the circle. Also the tape keeps the ceramic piece together. It has carbide grit embedded in the rim that allows it to cut into vitreous tile. In this video i d like to show you how to drill easy in ceramic tiles using proper tile drill bit.

Draw the hole outline on the masking tape. You won t need a starter hole because the tape will hold the drill bit in place. Drilling holes in wall tiles is a fairly easy skill to master once you know how. The easiest and neatest method is to buy a 1 1 4 in.

Draw the hole outline on the tile with a felt tip pen or grease pencil. Tap inside the outline and be patient as it could take a couple of minutes before the center of the hole breaks free. Ceramic tile hole saw from about 10 for individual bits to about 50 for kits. Don t waste time or money on a cheap core bit.

Split tiles look pretty shabby especially since cutting a hole in tile is neither difficult nor expensive. How to drill a hole in a ceramic tile. Between 6 10 holes need to be drilled in tile. However when you drill in a really tough tiles i reco.

Then take a hammer and very lightly tap the tile along the ring of holes. Kind of like taping over a rock chip on a windshield.