Cutting Floor Tile For Baseboard

In this video you ll learn how to cut tile.

Cutting floor tile for baseboard. This is why one should know how to cut a porcelain tile with a wet saw a cutting machine or a blade. Use a grease pencil on the surface of the ceramic to make a mark that can be seen easily. Cut through the tile using an angle grinder. You ll learn how to cut ceramic tile.

Set the saw against the baseboard two to three inches away from the door jamb. Secondly the joint between the tile and the wall can stay open allowing plenty of play for expansion and contraction of the structure. Cuts don t have to be as accurate and once the baseboard goes on it looks nice and sharp. Spray water onto the tile when needed to keep the surface wet.

Start at one end of the cut line and run the blade along the tile surface to the other end. Push the tile towards the blade and cut an inch for small tiles go till 2 inches for larger tiles and turn it off. Cut the baseboard tiles on a tile wet saw and return them to the floor layout to double check their fit. Double check the height of the saw when it is set on the subfloor to ensure it will make the appropriate cut.

Make multiple passes with the blade if needed to cut through the tile and to the subsurface. The remodeler i had took up laminate and carpeting and then he routed underneath the baseboards and underneath the door jam without knowing the thickness of the tile when he contracted a tile layer he didn t tell him the thickness of the tile he told him he did not know it was going to be the wood like porcelain tiles even though i had showed him my question is how can i fill in underneath. If you tile up to the baseboard you need to make sure your cuts are uniform. Not only can the us40 ultra saw cut but it can flush cut as well making it perfect when cutting baseboard to install new flooring.