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chris.hughes23

I'm not a tiler. Hope that's OK! We had a new kitchen, and the builder laid the porcelain tiles. After he'd finished (and we'd paid him), we saw the line by the living room door wasn't straight. He apologised, and offered to cut it straight with an angle grinder, but he can't get to the edges with it. He can't take the tiles near the door up and re-lay them because there aren't enough tiles left if he breaks any adjoining tiles (it was an end of line), and because there's electric underfloor heating near the edge. He says he'll borrow an oscillating multitool to do the edges. But as far as I can see, they won't cut porcelain tiles. Apart from leaving it as it is or getting him to take the lot up and relay it, is there any solution?
 

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I wouldn't be going anywhere near it with a grinder if you have ufh mat, is the doorway out of square with the rest of the room..?
 
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What do the tiles adjoin to? If its carpet could you cover it with a wide door strip?
 
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As above pic's please. Good to hear a builder excelling at tiling as per... But I'm sure it probably is do-able, with a grinder or a multi-tool with the correct blade - I'd presume the UFH cables don't go right up to the edge of the last tile in the doorway. I might be wrong though
 

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As above pic's please. Good to hear a builder excelling at tiling as per... But I'm sure it probably is do-able, with a grinder or a multi-tool with the correct blade - I'd presume the UFH cables don't go right up to the edge of the last tile in the doorway. I might be wrong though

errr he said a BUILDER did it.....:lol:
 

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