Cant drill through tiles

[deanfleet]

hey everyone,

I tiles my bathroom floor and installed a new toilet and i need to fix the toilet to the floor.

BUT the drill wont go through the tiles, they are absolutly solid, its killed 3 drill bits and just gets red hot and barely makes a mark in the tile lol

is there a special tool bit i need to buy to go through solid tiles?

thanks

 

[Jasonb]

6mm diamond coated holesaw will be the best bet for your porcelain tiles

A good tile shop should have them, even B&Q warehouse now do them.

Jason

 

[davy_owen_88]

What kind of drill bit are you using?

Have a look at these.

 

[gcol]

They're no good for porcelain davy. You need to splash out on some diamonds for porcelain.

 

[deanfleet]

hey guys

so you think they would be porceline? on the box it just says the sizes and that its 7.8MM thick

the drill bits we used look more like the masonary ones on the screwfix website.

Father in law is gonna pop to jewsons or somewhere like that tomorrow i think

 

[Jasonb]

These are what you need, get about 6 holes per drill before they are blunt.

Jewsons is a builders merchant, you need a tile specialist supplier

Jason

 

[deanfleet]

ok so they are cheap enough to buy,

Ill see what i can find

thanks for all your help

 

[Jasonb]

ok so they are cheap enough to buy,

You will pay about 10 times that in the UK, thats why I get them from Hong Kong

Jason