gotta be someone on here in the know.

been doing my bathroom for a few weeks now, finished tiling on thursday night and the plumber came in saturday to fit everything up. i got home saturday night to find broken tiles behind the shower screen he'd fitted. rang him up and he's been back today to put right but he's rang me and said the reason the tiles are breaking is because they aren't set yet. they'd had a good 36+ hours before he got there and started drilling them so surely in that time they should be set?

can anyone enlighten me?

 

did you cover the hole back tile so it was all stuck to wall as if there a gap easy to break when drilling ,use a tile drill works every time even if tiles dot an dabd

probly put too bigger screw in an cracked it

 

did he try use a masonary bit,tiles should have set in 36 hrs

 

I just finished my bathroom 4 days ago. All tiled i put my screen up and blind the day after no probs was dry set just gotta be careful when drilling though tiles i did a pilot hole first so it dont lift the tile up or crack it

 

i do tiling basically everyday they are always fine to drill into the next day 24hrs they should be completly dry. as for drilling into tiles you can use proper tile drill bits or masonary bits into the cheaper tiles not granite,porcelin,marble etc. ask the plumber how he drilled the holes as in was the drill on hammer ? you never know...

 

depends how heavy handed the plumber is,never had a problem drilling the next day,off hammer of course

 

As above, should be no problem using proper tile drill bits NOT on hammer.

 

always used normal masonary bits no problem

 

Yea, so much easier than the bits I've posted above

These bits don't:

Skate around getting started
Crack tiles - no matter how close to the edge
Need a hammer drill.

No brainer

 

depends how good the tradesman is

 

Depends if you are asked to drill into someone elses tiling

 

i always use bosch drill bits. http://www.screwfix.com/prods/65876/...14%20x%20250mm these go through almost anything. since i've used these drill bits i have never cracked a tile...... yet

 

I was unsure about these - but liked the idea. It's NOT hammer for tiles right?

 

no its not hammer that will crack a tile 100%. but since ive used these drill bits they're all i use now for everything !

 

OK, I'm buying some

 

Spot on mate

 

i had to drill through tile's last week in the shower, used a 4mm hss bit as it was all i had as a pilot then masonary to size. Did it better than i thought tbh

 

Those Bosch drills are amazing.used them for everything in my house with no bother.masonry drills were fine for my tiles in the bathroom but they were travertine.

I put them on the floor as well and specifically told the missus NOT to walk on them until their set properly the next day.what does she do?walk straight over them and crack three just to close the window ARGHHHHH!!!

Had to redo the floor then so I put them on tile cement then instead,no probs since.