The wet saw!
We rented a wet saw from Home Depot for cutting the tiles, and it turned out to be a really smart decision.
This thing is every little boys dream tool. It cuts stuff easily, it makes a ton of noise, and oh yeah, it sprays water everywhere! What more could you ask for!
Seriously this made cutting tiles into a completely trivial task. It was particularly useful for cutting a bunch of tiles exactly the same. For example, in this picture, I'm holding a tile that goes somewhere along the front edge of the counter. With the saw, I can quickly produce 5 of these tiles that are all identical so that everything lines up perfectly.
I should also take this opportunity to continue my rant about Home Depot's rental department.
While renting this thing I was asking for advice, and asked if they had a manual I could borrow. the guy at the counter said that the manuals were an additional $5 to rent (the tool itself was only $38)! This is completely outrageous. If you're going to loan someone a potentially deadly piece of equipment, the instruction manual needs to be included! I gave the guy a hard time, and he eventually let me have one for "free". (Possibly because I pointed out that if I was injured because they didn't include the manual, I was clearly going to turn around and sue the company).
The wet saw!
We rented a wet saw from Home Depot for cutting the tiles, and it turned out to be a really smart decision.
This thing is every little boys dream tool. It cuts stuff easily, it makes a ton of noise, and oh yeah, it sprays water everywhere! What more could you ask for!
Seriously this made cutting tiles into a completely trivial task. It was particularly useful for cutting a bunch of tiles exactly the same. For example, in this picture, I'm holding a tile that goes somewhere along the front edge of the counter. With the saw, I can quickly produce 5 of these tiles that are all identical so that everything lines up perfectly.
I should also take this opportunity to continue my rant about Home Depot's rental department.
While renting this thing I was asking for advice, and asked if they had a manual I could borrow. the guy at the counter said that the manuals were an additional $5 to rent (the tool itself was only $38)! This is completely outrageous. If you're going to loan someone a potentially deadly piece of equipment, the instruction manual needs to be included! I gave the guy a hard time, and he eventually let me have one for "free". (Possibly because I pointed out that if I was injured because they didn't include the manual, I was clearly going to turn around and sue the company).