Drilling Through Hard Floor Tiles

And yes you can use these drills in the future.

Drilling through hard floor tiles.

Carbide tipped drill bits cut through ceramic tiles. This is a question that i ve featured before on a previous video. Instead you should opt for either carbide tipped or diamond tipped drill bits. Ceramic tile is both hard and brittle making it easy to damage both tile and drill bit.

Measure 7 times and drill once. The drills slide along the tile surface. 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. How do i drill into tiles without breaking them.

However when you drill in a really tough tiles i reco. Regardless of the material you re trying to bore through never use an old and worn out drill bit for tile. Often there is a problem with drilling. 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.

Normal masonry or tile bits wont work. Porcelain requires a diamond tipped bit. It is ideal for porcelain and stone. We covered drilling and fixing screws into.

Adopt a patient approach with the correct tools and you have a high chance of success. Ceramic tile can be drilled with a carbide bit while glass and porcelain call for a diamond tipped bit. Have the right bit for ceramic tile. In this video i show how i drilled through some porcelain tile.

The same goes for drilling into stone tiles. Porcelain tile looks a lot like regular ceramic tile but it s much harder. Standard drill bits don t work on tile but not to worry. Make sure you have the right drill bit.

The point is that diamond tile drill bits ideally pass through even stone tiles. Its all about patience. 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. 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.