How to install a window blind or curtain to a tiled wall in a bathroom with PORSADRIL diamond tile drills from

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Tile Drills used on porcelain tiles. How to install a window blind or curtain to a tiled wall in a bathroom with PORSADRIL diamond tile drills from 365drills This is the window which needs a blind or curtain fitted to it. We will drill holes into the tiles so that we can fit the blind chosen by the client. The best location is to follow the grout line in the porcelain tile so that the blind is in line with the grout. If we measure instead it may look wonky. Best to use visual Also the center of the blind will be located into the center grout line. We take that as our true center. Its for symmetry. The blind has to miss the handle too. We open the windo blind ahead of diamond drilling the holes and check for damage We also use it to line up and measure our holes Here is the PORSADRILL diamond core drill pack of four in the 6mm size for red rawl plugs At 365drills we are ready with our pencil, tape measure, red plugs, brackets, screws and of course that all important pack of diamond tile drills with the yellow guide plate for the drill. We have marked a feint line in pencil to follow the grout line. We offer the bracket up to the tile to make sure that everything is lined up ahead of drilling the hole Before drilling your hole always check fittings are not upside down etc The tape allows us to make a permanent mark but not on the tile. We are going to drill into these slots. Here you can see the tape fitted along the center line ready for the holes to be drilled into the tiles To start off drilling tiles you must use the anti-slip guide plate to stop the diamond core slipping on the tile surface. If you try and drill with the core it will slide on the tile. This is the result after 5 seconds of drilling with the guide plate. A little pit has formed into the tile and so the core bit will not slip while you drill the rest of the hole into the porcelain tile. Now you can put back the core bit without the need of the drill guide plate. The diamond core will not slip in the hole with it preformed. Apply gentle upwards pressure to the battery operated hand drill. Watch out for heat. To prevent the diamond core tile drill bit overheating you must use water to cool it. We provide sponges so that you can cool the diamond core. Fill a small bucket with some water. In this case we are using a paint kettle. See how the PORSADRILL sponge absorbs loads of water ready to cool the diamond core drill bit Once you have dry drilled the start hole into the porcelain tile th guide plate makes way for the water sponge Here's another shot of the diamond tile drill being driven into the porcelain to start off. Take the core bit out. And dunk it into the water. Or touch the diamond core to the water sponge. Now the tricky part. While still drilling above your head you must jam the water into the diamond core and get it into the working tip. The PORSADRILL sponge will release water at a measured rate to the tip of the diamond drill bit. The water from the sponge is cooling the diamond core drill. It helps to draw back the core away from the hole in the tile every few seconds so that the water can get to the tip of the diamond core tile drill bit. A lot of water will run down your arm and into your arm pit. Not nice but its only water. The sponge is also collecting the fine tile dust as you drill the hole into the tile. This is good because it saves you having to wipe all the tiles later in the bathroom to clean up This is the effect that you will try to achieve with drilling. The first hole on the left has just been started The hole to the right is finished. If you can drill both starts together then it doesn't matter if the markings come off the tile Here is a close up of both holes. You can see the diamond core tile drill is the perfect holesaw for tiles. Look at the result on the right too. No chips in the tile. Just a well ground hole. As the drill drives the diamond core bit into the tile the sponge compresses to release even more water. Who said drilling tiles was easy? And now with porcelain it takes longer too.. So you have drilled your holes into the tile. Now use the PORSADRILL sponge to clean up your work area and remove those last bits of tile dust. Result above is that you have perfect holes drilled into your tiles. No cracked bathroom tiles. No drama. Just perfect holes. Remove the diamond core bit from the hand drill (you can see three hole saws in this picture) And replace the diamond cores with a masonry bit at 6mm. You will need this to drill to the right depth. We have used the masonry bit to drill through the preformed holes made with the core bit. The holes are formed and clean. And now its time for the rawl plugs.   You should be able to with one finger push the 6mm rawl plug into the drilled hole. Use a thumb to get some pressure onto the 6mm rawl plug and push into the tile. Once pushed into the tile the red rawl plug should not drop out of the hole. Above we can see that we have not drilled deep enough for one rawl plug. We must remove it and drill another 2 mm deeper Remove the rawl plug and continue to drill deeper into the hole. This red rawl plug at 6mm is the perfect size for the hole but we didn't drill deep enough. That will affect our finish and level. You should be able to push rawl plugs just inside the tile. But not too deep. Here you can see we have pushed both red rawl plugs a fraction into the tile but not right down into the hole. Time to fit the brackets. When screwing into the brackets don't push on the screwdriver. Try to maintain the rawl plugs at this depth into the hole in the tile. Use a light pressure on the screwdriver and drive the screw into the rawl plug. Do not over tighten the screw. In fact leave them a little bit loose. If you over tighten the screws you will damage the plug. And also it will be difficult to adjust the blind to fit. Here our brackets are fitted to the bathroom tiles. Perfectly drilled. We have checked left and right into the tiled window bay that the brackets are straight The brackets for the window blind are also facing the right way Fitting the blind can be tricky. We line up the center of the blind to the tile grout line. The bracket must be snapped shut. Be wary that sliding the bracket can move the blind out of position. So you will have to move the blind slightly to the left of the grout line and then snapping it shut will pull the blind central. Take your time and have some attempts. Check also the blind is in line with the grout line of your tiles both left and right. Again check to the right to make sure the right hand side of the window blind is in line. The little clamp above will have to be snapped shut when you are sure everything is accurate. Make final adjustments to the blind. Step back and check that everything is in line. And plumb. Finally test your blind to make sure everything drops down smoothly. That all the slats shut nicely. That there is nothing catching the window blind. And now its time to tidy up and pack away the tools. Things can get a bit messy. This is a project to show you how to diamond drill a porcelain tile with 365Drills PORSADRILL for the specific purpose of hanging a blind or curtain into a tiled bathroom window. We used a 6mm tile drill and we showed with the aid of 58 pictures how to achieve this. I hope you found the tile drilling project useful and that our core bits will play a part in your project. BEFORE AFTER

 

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