# How to Cut Tile Flooring Near Door Facings
When cutting both installed and uninstalled tile, use an oscillating tool that is fit with a masonry cutting blade to make clean and precise cuts. You'll be able to make flush, straight or rounded tile cuts. An oscillating tool features a blade that swings back and forth instead of rotating. You can use a plunge cut blade that is encrusted with diamond or carbon to cut through tile near door facings.
Things You'll Need
- Pencil
- Oscillating power tool
- Masonry plunge-cut blade
- Safety glasses
- Dust mask
- Ear plugs
Instructions
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Draw a line on the tile to indicate where you'll make a cut. Trace casing designs on the tile using a scribing compass to remove the tile's waste material, and place the tile next to the casing. Slide the compass along the casing to leave a traced line on the tile.
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Equip the oscillating tool with a plunge-cut blade featuring a diamond- or carbon-encrusted cutting edge.
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Put on your safety glasses, dust mask, and ear plugs. Turn the oscillating tool on. Hold the tool with both hands and gently plunge its blade into the tile material.
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Angle the oscillating tool so that the blade cuts in a forward direction. Follow the line working at a slow, steady pace.
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