Drilling Porcelain Floor Tiles

Slow and steady wins the race.

Drilling porcelain floor tiles.

The diamonds create friction and rub through the tile. How to drill into porcelain tile and why you need this setting. Normal masonry or tile bits wont work. The aim of this blog is to give a little bit of an insight into how to drill porcelain and other types of tiles successfully and accurately drilling a neat hole in all types of floor and wall tiles without causing damage.

Have the right bit for ceramic tile. Then hold the drill bit over the center of the x and use a hammer to tap it lightly until you ve made a small dent in the tile s glaze. This video explains how to drill into porcelain stone or ceramic tile using a dewalt 20v. Follow the five rules below for a step by step guide on how to drill tiles.

In this video i show how i drilled through some porcelain tile. Really when you re drilling through porcelain or tile the bit isn t actually drilling at all. While that sounds expensive a inch diamond tipped tip costs under 20 and a carbide bit of the same size can be had for less than 10. Standard drill bits don t work on tile but not to worry.

Porcelain requires a diamond tipped bit.