Cutting Tile Cement Board

Cutting cement board to size is simple if you have the right tools take the proper precautions and follow the right procedures.

Cutting tile cement board.

The advent of cement backer board has made it possible for do it yourselfers to lay tile like a pro. Bit diameter 1 8 in. Cuts plaster tile cement board and marble up to 1 in. As with any home maintenance project proper protection should be used when cutting cement backer board.

Also a case is included for your bit. Cement board is the most common and widely known backer board. Cement board is readily available and relatively inexpensive about 10 for a 3 x 5 ft. Cement breathes allows moisture through and back out.

Before you get started be sure to don both eye goggles. I hope you enjoy this video and it helps you with your f. But when cutting cement board more teeth in the blade isn t necessary and will just make more dust. For use on all major brands of spiral saws.

A word of caution before you begin. Putting cement backer board over drywall deletes the purpose of cement board. For use with all dremel tools. Use the rotozip tile cut zip bit for cutting hard surface items like cement board and for installing bathroom fixtures or ceramic and marble countertops.

Cuts ceramic wall tile cement board and plaster not for use on floor tile a high speed cutter with a 1 8 in. Lay your cement board out on a work table or between two saw horses. Sheets of cement board are sized for efficient use around bathtubs and showers. Cement board commonly sold under trade names such as durock hardiebacker and wonderboard is now the standard underlayment used for ceramic porcelain or stone tile laid with thinset mortar adhesive cement board is used for most floor tile and has all but replaced plywood and drywall backer materials for wall tile applications in wet areas like showers and tub surrounds.

Put it on sheetrock in a wet location it will wick water into the rock the sheet rock will collapsed taking the tile wall with it. Follow along as i cut and install cement board hardiebacker on the shower curb and bathroom floor. A carbide tipped blade with as few as six teeth will cut cement backer board smoothly and quickly. For use with all spiral saws.

Start at a 45 angle when cutting into a piece of material. For most installations it eliminates the need to set tile in a thick bed of mortar. It is inexpensive convenient and is long lasting because the cement doesn t rot like other materials. Connect strait to studs with backer it will hold up decades longer.