Drilling Through Hard Floor Tiles

Regardless of the material you re trying to bore through never use an old and worn out drill bit for tile.

Drilling through hard floor tiles. Another major factor these days with very hard vitrified porcelain tiles becoming more and more popular is to select a drill bit that will actually drill through the tile successfully. This is a question that i ve featured before on a previous video. The same goes for drilling into stone tiles. Measure 7 times and drill once.

Porcelain requires a diamond tipped bit. The drills slide along the tile surface. Make sure you have the right drill bit. Have the right bit for ceramic tile.

Often there is a problem with drilling. As mentioned earlier drilling through tile requires a specialist drill bit regular or even masonry bits simply won t do the job as they re not strong enough to penetrate tiles hard surfaces. Normal masonry or tile bits wont work. Instead you should opt for either carbide tipped or diamond tipped drill bits.

You have to lubricate the drill bit consistently and i did that by myself with a recycled dish washing liquid bottle 500ml with a hole in the bottle cap. In this video i show how i drilled through some porcelain tile. I used high speed steel drill bit for piloting through the tile glaze and then used the masonry bit to drive through right at the end. In this video i d like to show you how to drill easy in ceramic tiles using proper tile drill bit.

Hopefully you will not have to read the included instructions for repairing cracked tile. Standard drill bits don t work on tile but not to worry. Porcelain tile looks a lot like regular ceramic tile but it s much harder. Adopt a patient approach with the correct tools and you have a high chance of success.

And yes you can use these drills in the future. It is ideal for porcelain and stone. Its all about patience. How do i drill into tiles without breaking them.

We covered drilling and fixing screws into. The aim of this blog is to give a little bit of an insight into how to drill porcelain and other types of tiles successfully and accurately drilling a neat. Carbide tipped drill bits cut through ceramic tiles. Now that you know what you re up against let s look at the tools you ll need for drilling through tiles.

Ceramic tile is both hard and brittle making it easy to damage both tile and drill bit.