THE TILER BLOG

Decorative ceramic wall made with the Slalom special tile cutter. The decorative wall depicting a horse was made with the special tile cutter to achieve curved cuts on any type of tile. This work is particularly interesting because not only the Slalom S63 tile cutter but also tongs and angle grinders were used to make it. In the video below you can see in detail some of the main stages of the...

The photograph shows a typical case of a breakage that occurred when the tile was laid.As you can see the "crack" starts from the intersection of the two cuts made presumably with a diamond disk in order to create the recess for the wall. These cracks normally form when tiles are weakened as a result of cuts , partial or multiple, especially where corners or edges are formed.Technically, these...

It is often the case that we have to drill holes in the porcelain stoneware of the walls of the house to put in dowels or to house pipes for the various drains of sinks and washing machines or the pipes of heating systems etc. The problem is that drilling new types of very hard porcelain tile is not so easy. Various sites can be found on the Internet that recommend drilling a small hole in the...

The video shows how to properly cut 20 mm thick porcelain tiles used for outdoor installation today. There are numerous Italian and non-Italian ceramics that have started production of this type of product, which is perhaps best called porcelain slabs. The cutting of these porcelain slabs is very different from the cutting of "standard thickness" tiles. The extreme hardness of the material...

Ingeniousness of design, perfection of structure, sturdiness are some of the qualities that make the machines of Brevetti Montolit S.p.A unique and "eternal."  However, there are components that need to be checked and replaced, if necessary, to ensure proper operation of the machines over time.Let's examine the engraving wheel of Montolit manual tile cutters - Piuma Series -It is important...