Drilling hole for soil pipe in ceramic tile

[Diggy]

60 quid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! holy cow.

I usually buy mine in bulk from here;

Used him 3 times over the years , never had a problem.

Cheers

Diggy

 

[Qwerty]

Yes, but do they last?....... I would rather buy a quality tested item!

 

[Diggy]

Keep them cooled and run them at the right speed and for the money they do very well.

Diggy

 

[Deleted member 1779]

All tile drills need to be water cooled. Any that dont are either so expensive to buy, rip the material rather than drill, or shower the installer with dust and shards.

As mentioned always use water when drilling tiles for both cooling and dust collection.

Soak a sponge in water.

Dont wring it out.

keep it bloated with water.

When drilling on a wall hold UNDER the core to catch the debris and cool the core.

When drilling on the flat (horizontal) you can dribble water on.
[Note: you will not need a CONSTANT stream - as shown above - Mearly a puddle of water]

[video=youtube;gfY6JXbkP0Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfY6JXbkP0Q[/video]

We supply flat pack sponges - just activate in water.
But if you have your own then use that.

The downside of water spray bottles is that you still need a sponge to mop up the spoil.

 

[Deleted member 1779]

This is our latest video.
Not related to soil stacks and extract fans but more to do with drilling holes into toilets if the plumbing is in the wrong area !

[video=youtube;PpZVa5I0blA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpZVa5I0blA[/video]

 

[fulabeer]

This is our latest video.
Not related to soil stacks and extract fans but more to do with drilling holes into toilets if the plumbing is in the wrong area !

Hi Richard, i've just watched the video and thought i would try it out of the job i'm on.
I have got to say that the holes produced were fantastic. No burrs and very clean holes.
I put three in the bowl area without any problems.

I've just had a phone call from the customer complaing about water dripping downstairs when they flush the toilet.
Any ideas what i might have done wrong? Cheers Paul



















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[Diggy]

I've just had a phone call from the customer complaing about water dripping downstairs when they flush the toilet.
Any ideas what i might have done wrong? Cheers Paul

Probably 1 of 3 things.

1. Soil pipe not connected properly - if you tiled the floor you may need either a flexi or offset connector.

2. Cold feed not connected properly . . Maybe crossthreaded or the washer is shot.

3. Black donut not seated correctly . Cistern is on the tilt , usually because the walls have been tiled , in which case you may just need to move pan forward slightly.

HTH

Diggy

 

[Deleted member 1779]

I've just photographed the holes on the toilet that we drilled. Here they are close up:

Wide Shot

Yes I agree the holes are perfect

There could be three reasons that your customer is experiencig a leak
1) There is an unrelated problem in the water feed somewhere in the pipe system.
2) There is a related problem in the pipework delivering water to your appliance.
3) There is problem with the waste.

On an unrelated project I have just fitted a waste trap to a sink and (silly me) I tried to do it withought Silicon. Big mistake! - The rubber seal supplied was not man enough for the job. So it was a matter of strip it down wipe it with alcohol and use Silicon on all joints. That stopped the leak but I will say that if the leak is waste related there is never any real major loss of water its just a drip drip.

On the other hand if its to do with the water supply then the results can be dramatic and it doesnt take long for wet patches to appear. I would go back and check all joints and make sure that you use some Silicon where it touches the ceramic.

Finally I have found that sometimes a problem is nothing to do with the project in hand. Old pipes may have been distrurbed OR it can just be bad luck. Before you suspect the appliance in question keep an open mind that it may be totally unrelated.

Bottom line is that it will take a bit of detective work but I have always found the solution on basins, loos etc to be the use of Silicon.

Note these are just my own thoughts on leak finding and repair - others may disagree.

 

[Gazzer]

Probably 1 of 3 things.

1. Soil pipe not connected properly - if you tiled the floor you may need either a flexi or offset connector.

2. Cold feed not connected properly . . Maybe crossthreaded or the washer is shot.

3. Black donut not seated correctly . Cistern is on the tilt , usually because the walls have been tiled , in which case you may just need to move pan forward slightly.

HTH

Diggy

Lol :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: Its not April 1st already is it ?

 

[fulabeer]

This picture is similar to where i drilled the holes.



I'm thinking maybe i should have used something to seal the holes?

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