Bathroom extractor fan hole cutting.

[ZippyMo]

Hi folks

I wanted to install an extractor fan in my bathroom. I'm unsure about drilling a hole in the wall incase I wreck the bathroom tiles. I'm adding a photo that I have taken.

If anyone has carried out this task without damaging the tiles, please can you tell me which tool bit you used.

Thanks


ZippyMo

Trainee Sparky.

 

[The Ghost]

Clutch drill and core drill cutter very carefully.

 

[telectrix]

strat with a 6mm tile/glass drill bit to make a pilot hole for a 4" core drill. then core it out.

 

[telectrix]

or fit inline fan in attic, ducted to soffit.

 

[littlespark]

Attic above? ceiling mounted, flexi duct, outside grill on soffit board

Damnit, Tel!

 

[ZippyMo]

There is a loft conversion above so I think that one is a no go.

Whilst on a 2nd fix job a couple of years ago with my dads mate, he drilled the hole for the extractor fan only for him to run into a solid iron beam.

 

[littlespark]

Just remember your bathroom zones, and if it has a run-on timer, don't use the cpc of a T&E as a live.
You are a trainee sparky.... not DIY Dave from the Dog and Duck.

I hope you kept some of those tiles back.

 

[ZippyMo]

Lol certainly not DIY Dave!!

I'm starting my C&G 2365 Level 2 next week in Barking and Dagenham college.

I'm looking to install it above the toilet which falls into zone 2.

I don't think I have any tiles left as the bathroom was tiled back in 1995.

 

[Baddegg]

Go slow (not on hammer) untill your through the tiles, keep the core bit square to the wall,done it loads of times you’ll be fine.....it almost never goes wrong

 

[The Ghost]

I used to use a hire core drill bit and clutch drill I usually took one hour to get through a ten inch wall. Bought my own gear it then took twenty minutes. Just shows a new core bit is very good, much better than an old worn out hire one.