How to cut a tile for a floor if there is no tile cutter?

Good afternoon. I have a private house. I am making repairs in the corridor, I reached the floor - I want to lay the tiles. Since the area of the room is small 2 mx 2 m, I want to try to lay it on my own. So to speak, practice. If possible, then there will be a kitchen and a dining room - they are combined. My question is as follows: if you have to cut tiles, how to do it without special tools. Suddenly, I can’t cope with this work, and I will have to invite the tiler. Extra spending is useless to me.

Good day to you too! Indeed, in the process of laying tile, you can not do without cutting. If you don’t have at hand a special tool for doing this job - a tile cutter, then you can try it using a glass cutter. In your case, this is true, since the floor area is small.

In order for you to be able to cut the tiles, we recommend the following:

Soak the tile in water for at least an hour before proceeding with its processing.
Marking is applied to the tile - a cut will be made along these lines. For this purpose, an ordinary felt-tip pen or pencil is quite suitable.

In exceptional cases, tiles are cut with a glass cutter

Tiles are cut with a glass cutter only in exceptional cases, this technology is at your own peril and risk

Important! An incision with a glass cutter can only be made if the marking line is not less than 0.8 cm from the edge.

The work should be done by placing the tiles on a horizontal hard surface.
We carefully roll the glass cutter along the intended line - a trace in the form of a groove should remain.

Note! When using a glass cutter, the incision is not very deep, so the tile will still need to be broken.

Break the tiles very carefully. Care must be taken to ensure that the force is distributed evenly over the entire notch line.
To facilitate this process, we recommend placing a match or pencil under the cut line. This nuance is very simple, but very effective.

Our recommendations for cutting floor tiles with glass cutters should be put into practice in exceptional cases. This method is more suitable for working with thinner wall tiles. In any case, you should first try to get a tile cutter for at least a short time.

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