Tile Installation Combo Kit
By Sean O'Hara
We saw this kit while in Home Depot today picking up some odds and ends, and thought it offered an interesting and useful combination of tools for a pretty low price.
The kit features first and foremost a 10.5 amp 4” wet/dry tile saw with a diamond tipped carbide blade that will get you through the thickest tile without too much hassle. Think of it as a circular saw for tile. Of course, in this case the saw has a steady stream of water to the cutting area to help prevent cracking and shattering of the tile.
We realize that portable tile saws do lack the accuracy and speed of a standard table top tile saw, but they do have the additional advantage of being able to cut out grout lines for repair work by using a shallow cut depth. In some instances, the portable is pretty handy.
The kit also features a flooring installation laser that projects a pair of 90 degree laser guidelines, helping you to avoid nasty chalk lines that disappear after being stepped on and get blown over with excess grout and/or lost under tile glue.
Home Depot was asking $79 for the whole kit, which is less than half the cost of a larger table mounted wet saw. This might be just the thing for that one-off DIY tile job you’ve got at home.
Tile Installation Combo Kit [Home Depot]
July 12th, 2007 at 2:10 pm
[...] Sean directed our attention to a tile installation combo kit he found for $80 at the ‘Depot. With a portable tile saw and a number of layout tools in the same box, it looked like an easy way to jumpstart a home tile project. [...]