Plasplugs Compact plus tile cutter

curium · 7 Mar 2009

I am tiling my bathroom, wall and floor. Was gonna hire a tile cutter but HSS quoted me £20 a day for a manual and £45 for an electrical.

Nipped into B&Q and saw this

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curium
7 Mar 2009
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Anygood? All my tiles are ceramic, wall tiles are 7mm thick, floor tiles 6mm thick.

The pack reckons you can do straight, curved and 45° mitre cuts!

Quite tempted to try a few mitre cuts around the window but mainly I'm interested in if this is a decent machine for straight cuts for edge tiles

gcol · 7 Mar 2009

Yeah it should be fine. However, it'd be quicker and easier with one of these types of cutter http://www.buybrandtools.com/acatalog/Rubi-Pocket-40-Tile-Cutter-With-Case.html
Only go for straight cuts though.

lancenotalot · 7 Mar 2009

Depending on the size of the tiles this will do the same thing for £15 less than the plas plugs one

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav/n...refview=search&ts=1236451226657&isSearch=true

MHTILER · 8 Mar 2009

cutter is fine,just checking did you say your floor tiles are 6mm,abit thin for the floor agood chance of cracking,check they are floor tiles

Master of None · 8 Mar 2009

Look for the b&q own brand one I think its a tenner less but if you compare them you will see its the same cutter rebranded. I would not rely on it being able to do mitres, I bought the plas plugs master tiler one and it is kak at mitres. Mainly because once you are over half way across tile there is nothing to guide the tile and you get a noticeable step in the cut.

curium · 9 Mar 2009

Anyone used this to do curved notches for pipes?

Will I need to do it freehand?

Better off using a tile saw?

aflemi · 10 Mar 2009

I would use a manual tile saw for pipe holes.
You may find this article interesting re Plasplugs, however:
http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=12051&title=Uncertainty+over+future+of+Plasplugs

sandycollie · 4 Jun 2009

thanks aflemi i just got your link its nice.

http://healthequipments.allnutri.co...s_diabetes_monitoring_kit_-_1_kit_pid363.html

sandycollie · 5 Jun 2009

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