I also just posted a question about tile drill bits, it was kind of wordy so I am posting a second post with this separate question.
When I tiled my shower enclosure I thought I remembered making absolutely certain that the walls were level when I was remodeling my bathroom. Both walls already existed and I do remember shimming one wall because it was made with old rough cut 2x4's that were really 2x4s. But I was in a huge hurry and trying to get projects done in time so I could get my house refinanced before my mortgage ballooned (I succeeded at least).
I got about halfway up one shower wall with tiles before I realized that the walls were not very plumb. As a consequence my grout joints are not perfect because other then cutting the tile, something had to give. While not totally happy with how they turned out, I think I can live with the tiling job. It's not very obvious unless your looking for it, and it was my first time tiling. I learned a LOT from that experience.
But, the main problem I have now is that the tile was supposed to extend past my shower enclosure a few inches, but then the amount of tile extending past the shower enclosure varies from top to bottom which IS totally obvious.
I think the best thing to do at this point is to draw a plumb vertical line and use a circular tile to cut the tile so it's square with the edge of the shower enclosure that attaches to the tile itself.
Could I use a normal circular saw with a tile blade for cutting tile? I have about 12' of tile to cut total, 6' on each side. I am also worried that the shower pan will block the saw from reaching the very bottom part of the tile and am wondering what I am going to do about that. I am trying to do this spending as little money as possible, any tools I buy are going to end up on credit card which i'm cutting up as soon as dig myself out of this debt hole i'm in.
If need I can post pics once I get home.
When I tiled my shower enclosure I thought I remembered making absolutely certain that the walls were level when I was remodeling my bathroom. Both walls already existed and I do remember shimming one wall because it was made with old rough cut 2x4's that were really 2x4s. But I was in a huge hurry and trying to get projects done in time so I could get my house refinanced before my mortgage ballooned (I succeeded at least).
I got about halfway up one shower wall with tiles before I realized that the walls were not very plumb. As a consequence my grout joints are not perfect because other then cutting the tile, something had to give. While not totally happy with how they turned out, I think I can live with the tiling job. It's not very obvious unless your looking for it, and it was my first time tiling. I learned a LOT from that experience.
But, the main problem I have now is that the tile was supposed to extend past my shower enclosure a few inches, but then the amount of tile extending past the shower enclosure varies from top to bottom which IS totally obvious.
I think the best thing to do at this point is to draw a plumb vertical line and use a circular tile to cut the tile so it's square with the edge of the shower enclosure that attaches to the tile itself.
Could I use a normal circular saw with a tile blade for cutting tile? I have about 12' of tile to cut total, 6' on each side. I am also worried that the shower pan will block the saw from reaching the very bottom part of the tile and am wondering what I am going to do about that. I am trying to do this spending as little money as possible, any tools I buy are going to end up on credit card which i'm cutting up as soon as dig myself out of this debt hole i'm in.
If need I can post pics once I get home.