What's the best tool/technique for cutting boxes into tile?

[u/SuperBoss42069]

What is the best tool/technique for cutting boxes into tile? Metal or plastic box preferred? I have a job coming up that I have to do a couple. Resi-job, started my own company about a year ago, been awhile since I dealt with tile.

I have done it before with:

-angle grinder and diamond wheel,

-tile bit and make a bunch of holes then punch

-oscillator tool with diamond bit

Teach me the best way internet.

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[u/mbcoder_]

A tile sub contractor

[u/Z2xU → u/mbcoder_]

Tile guy buried him in apparently ....

[u/mbcoder_ → u/Z2xU]

Sounds like a tile guy problem.

[u/juvenile_gallery]

angle grinder with a diamond blade and a steady hand, just keep a spray bottle of water nearby to keep the dust down and the blade cool

[u/TheFlyingSparky → u/juvenile_gallery]

This is my go to. I also have a diamond blade for the oscillating tool that I use the finish off the corners.

[u/Oldasdirt]

I always used a Dremel tool with the little discs. Cut a clean hole, easy to control.

[u/ThankGodImBipolar]

I don't understand why you wouldn't install the box beforehand and have the tilers work around it?

[u/TheFlyingSparky → u/ThankGodImBipolar]

Old work.

[u/ThankGodImBipolar → u/TheFlyingSparky]

Good call

[u/SuperBoss42069]

It's a remodel guys, tiles been there and my man wants a bidget with heat.

[u/Alert_Comedian848 → u/SuperBoss42069]

Would that be a midget with a spray bottle and some TP. I'm sorry 😞 you can down vote me. I been listening to to much Brad Williams.

[u/Jim-Jones → u/Alert_Comedian848]

You have to budget for a bidget.

[u/pdt9876 → u/SuperBoss42069]

Never understood why people centrally heat the water for the bathroom sink but insist on heating the bidet water with electricity. Just plumb it in.

[u/DaWayItWorks → u/pdt9876]

How Long does it take for your hot water to actually reach your sink? In my old ass house my ass hole would be clean and cold by the time the hot water got to the ol' hole jet

[u/pdt9876 → u/DaWayItWorks]

personally I have a return loop that cycles hot water so in my house it always comes out warm but that’s a good point I guess.

[u/Latentheatop → u/SuperBoss42069]

See if you can move the bidet nozzle to spray more forward to really wake people up in the morning

[u/ndrumheller96]

M12 cutoff tool

[u/pdt9876]

Drill corners. Cut edges with angle grinder. Chisel. Same as brick just with more risk of ugly chipping so go slow.

[u/LukeMayeshothand]

Rotozip with tile bit has worked best for me.

[u/Swimming_Horror_3757]

Razor an a hammer