Ceramic Floor Tile Chipping At Corners

How to cut porcelain floor tile without chipping.

Ceramic floor tile chipping at corners.

Ceramic tile repair is a fairly straightforward endeavor that can be done by most any diyer armed with the right tools. The reputation that ceramic tiles have for durability and strength generally leads a homeowner to assume that the tile must have a fault if chips appear. Unfortunately wet saws can also chip the. The smallest chip in ceramic tile can lead to very big problems if left unchecked.

Corner cuts and really big jobs. Using a tile crack repair epoxy kit or colored filler can stop the chip from spreading. Maybe the ceramic tile isn t very chip resistant. If the tiles were installed where there is excessive tile lippage the edge of two adjacent tiles are higher or lower than the other that could lead to chipping as pots are slid across the tile.

Although there is not a specific standard test for chip resistance of ceramic tile there are tests that can be performed that would suggest whether the ceramic tile is chip resistance or not based on certain physical properties of the. If the tile was not installed with the edges of the tile being fully supported by the adhesive that could lead to chipping. Because of the hardness of porcelain tile a powerful diamond blade wet saw is an important tool.