Holes in each house are abused, but almost always they are well hidden and do not deliver inconvenience. Drain around - shelves, sockets, mirrors, hinged lockers - all this is not on bilateral scotch. And no matter how easy you seemed to you, but it's not easy to make a common hole in the ceramic tiles.

Break - do not build

Ask why to break? You have gathered a good deed to do - install a new subject of the interior - a decorative shelf at the request of the wife. It is immediately clear that it was not necessary to deal with ceramic tiles. Nothing, negative experience - also experience.

At first glance, there is everything necessary - in the garage on the upper shelf, the drill is neatly lying, and the perforator is waiting at the bottom of its use. Yes, having these two tools and a great desire to make a hole in the ceramic tiles, you will not get anything sensible. It is better to use them in direct appointment - for concrete and bricks. And the ceramic tile will definitely not stand it.

Handbook for beginner: how to make a hole in ceramic tiles

The material from the sight is very durable, it would seem how he may not resist the perforator. Tile is often compared with glass - like and durable, but fragile. Therefore, it does not withstand the shock power of the power tool. Nevertheless, this does not mean that the hole in it can not be done.

Holes in ceramic tiles - price matters

To begin with, decide whether the cost factor is important. From this depends, at what speed and with what amount of effort in the tile will appear a cherished hole. First of all, accurately calculate the place of the future hole, mark it. It is not necessary to try too hard and carefully to draw a smooth circle or a cross - you know, it will not be visible in the future.

After all the calculations, it's time to make a very small deepening in the tile - to put it on. This will be able to avoid another drill problem - its slip on the smooth surface of the material. And then the matter is yours - whether you will save and look for alternative ways, or without regret, spend blood.

Make the desired hole will help a special drill with a diamond tip. It is just intended for this kind of classes. Naturally, its price will not justify several holes in the house. From the point of view of practicality, this drill is not an important tool in the house. Nevertheless, it is buying masters engaged in repairs, as well as real tool collectors.

Methods of drilling holes

1. The method described above using a drill with a diamond tip is the most effective method (and the most expensive!).

2. Cheaper option is to use a winning tip. However, its acceptable value does not make the tool with an important element in a home workshop. Such a drill does not cut the material, but crumbs. It follows that it will be wins not suitable for use on wood, plastic or steel. Another difficulty is to find such a drill with a large-size tip is quite problematic.

3. The use of special drills for tiles and glass, which also flies in a penny. Yet they are not so expensive as the first option.

4. The use of drill crowns is also not pleasure from cheap.

How to make a hole in ceramic tiles do it yourself

1. Determine and mark the place.

2. Select the method of drilling from three above the presented options.

3. Turn on low revolutions tools.

4. When the tile is drilled, change the drill to the usual, because, as a rule, the concrete, with which the same will not win will not cope.

5. To achieve the desired depth, we stick to a drill piece of the tape - the easiest limiter with your own hands.

6. Purify the hole and get rid of dust and concrete crumbs.

7. Insert a dowel.

For those who do not seek easy ways

This method is suitable for those who are only going to put tiles, but already knows where the holes will be located. The option may not like the aesthetes, but does it matter if ultimately everything will be hidden? So, to cut a hole in the ceramic tiles, cut it into two parts in the place where we need a hole. Now you will need only nippers for tiles. With their help, you take out the hole of the desired diameter. The process of time consuming, and not everyone likes it, but economical.

The second, no less complex process in the drilling of the holes in the ceramic tiles throughout the circuit of the circle. They should be small and placed close to each other, then the core is extruded without much difficulty.

Art in construction

It will be about the ballerina. And although it has nothing to do with the ballet, the process of drilling in itself is obtained elegant. Should I compare art with construction? Rough blows of the hammer or squealing of the perforator do not compare the ballerinas with smooth movements on the stage. All the same process of cutting holes in the ceramic tiles sometimes seems so time consuming that it is also a kind of art.

Our constructional ballerina seems to resemble a cirkul.

Only here the tip does not go out, it is impossible to make an uneven circle. Diamond cutter, in contrast to the drawing pencil, clearly performs its function. Ballerina copes perfectly with its task of drilling holes in ceramic tiles - video shown from below, that is confirmed.