Cutting Wickes Everest Slate Porcelain Tiles - Tile Advice

[Blunt Tool]

Wickes closed up here thank god!

 

[JSmith1]

Out of interest who manufactures this tile?
And don't say Wickes......could be manufacturers name imprinted on the back(Johnsons?)

Out of interest who manufactures this tile?
And don't say Wickes......could be manufacturers name imprinted on the back(Johnsons?)

Branded Wickes, but "Manufactured by a member of the Travis Perkins Group", tiles are stamped made in Turkey.

 

[JSmith1]

Wickes....

I don't know, but they need shooting !

Imo there over fired, and extremely brittle.
I tiled a bathroom with them, width cuts were ok, Length cuts I had to use a wet cutter for everyone.

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Nice finish on that, what cutter did you use for the width cuts? Did you not find scoring caused the glazing to chip?

 

[Andy Allen]

Sigma cutter...

To avoid chipping, scribe first, then wet cut.....

 

[Bopster]

I’ve got 45sqm wickes to cut in June, I’ll be using my sigma 3dm and bridge saw.
Fingers crossed

 

[JDC tiling]

Hi All,

I have been a long time reader of this forum and it has already helped me a lot, so thanks to you all for that.

I have recently started replacing my bathroom, it's been going fine so far, but I've just come across a problem with the tiling that I hope you could help me with.

We ended up going with the Wickes Everest Slate porcelain tiles (Wickes Everest Slate Porcelain Tile 600 x 300mm | Wickes.co.uk - https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Everest-Slate-Porcelain-Tile-600-x-300mm/p/147442) and the tiles already on the wall look great. I am at the point now where I need to start cutting some of them down, however this is the problem...

I have tried cutting the tiles with two different wet saws with two different blades and also tried a score and snap cutter (Rubi Practic 60), however on each cut I am getting severe chips on the cut edge that make the tile unusable.

I was hoping someone here could offer some advice to help me, as I'm pretty stuck at the moment.

Thanks very much in advance for any advice - it's much appreciated.

(Tile on black background is the one cut with the Rubi, other one cut with wet cutter)

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There a tough tile to work with, montolit dna