[Another Dave]

Basically as per title. Brand new smooth tiles. I've seen toilet roll
holders which come with glue-on fittings but is there a way to glue an
ordinary holder?

Another Dave
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[The Natural Philosopher[_2_]]

On 01/05/18 17:44, Another Dave wrote:
Basically as per title. Brand new smooth tiles. I've seen toilet roll
holders which come with glue-on fittings but is there a way to glue an
ordinary holder?

MMm. mirror glue might well work

silcone will work up to a point, but be slightly flexible. Specialised
epoxies work as do some specialised superglues.

Personally I invested in a 6mm diamond core drill and used rawlplugs...


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Or one of these

https://www.toolstation.com/search?search=Tile+bit

I use mine all the time. Put a bit of masking tape where you want to drill the hole. Mark the masking tape and away you go. Tape not only helps you mark the hole but also stops the bit jumping around.

[The Natural Philosopher[_2_]]

On 01/05/18 18:00, wrote:
Or one of these

https://www.toolstation.com/search?search=Tile+bit

I use mine all the time. Put a bit of masking tape where you want to drill the hole. Mark the masking tape and away you go. Tape not only helps you mark the hole but also stops the bit jumping around.

https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p48971

No need for tape


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[Robin]

On 01/05/2018 18:00, wrote:
Or one of these

https://www.toolstation.com/search?search=Tile+bit

I use mine all the time. Put a bit of masking tape where you want to drill the hole. Mark the masking tape and away you go. Tape not only helps you mark the hole but also stops the bit jumping around.



See http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...#Tile_Drilling

And make sure any wall plug goes right through the tile. Else the
expansion when the screw is fitted can crack the tile. Easier with a
lipless plug; but, if those not to hand, application of craft knife or
side cutters can deliver one - often with [much] blood

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/Wallplug
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...g#Lipless_plug



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[Jim K[_3_]]

Another Dave Wrote in message:
Basically as per title. Brand new smooth tiles. I've seen toilet roll
holders which come with glue-on fittings but is there a way to glue an
ordinary holder?

Ceramic or porcelain tiles?
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[Clive Arthur]

On 01/05/2018 17:44, Another Dave wrote:
Basically as per title. Brand new smooth tiles. I've seen toilet roll
holders which come with glue-on fittings but is there a way to glue an
ordinary holder?

Another Dave

If your holder has a large surface area - ours was a wooden base
probably 3"x 5" or so, and if you can devise some way of holding it
firmly in place for several hours, then silicone sealant will work
perfectly.

Otherwise, drill.

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[Richard[_10_]]

On 01/05/18 17:44, Another Dave wrote:
Basically as per title. Brand new smooth tiles. I've seen toilet roll
holders which come with glue-on fittings but is there a way to glue an
ordinary holder?

Another Dave

I was going to attach one to the wall, but got this instead:
https://www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis...one/p231138544

[alan_m]

On 01/05/2018 17:44, Another Dave wrote:
Basically as per title. Brand new smooth tiles. I've seen toilet roll
holders which come with glue-on fittings but is there a way to glue an
ordinary holder?

Another Dave

I haven't had much success with stick on bathroom accessories except
this toilet roll holder. Mine cane with a 3M branded thin foam double
sided sticky pad which covers the total areas of the wall mounting. Make
sure the tile is perfectly clean and don't position over a grout line.

My toilet roll holder has been firmly stuck to a tile since the end of 2015.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Polished-...AOSw9OFZIqj D

or

https://tinyurl.com/y9vvkp87

My installation
http://www.admac.myzen.co.uk/roll/

If gluing to tiles make sure that the item has a substantial flat
surface to mate to the tile. Consider using thin double sided foam tape
designed for fitting trim to cars.

I've found the follpwing tape to be quite good for other projects
https://tinyurl.com/y7hj7nm4
(no association with the seller)


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Chris Hogg Wrote in message:
On Tue, 1 May 2018 18:06:59 +0100 (GMT+01:00), Jim K
wrote:

Another Dave Wrote in message:
Basically as per title. Brand new smooth tiles. I've seen toilet roll
holders which come with glue-on fittings but is there a way to glue an
ordinary holder?

Ceramic or porcelain tiles?

chuckle porcelain is ceramic. ITYM earthenware or porcelain. Wall
tiles are usually earthenware; soft, porous, easily scored and snapped
and easily drilled IME. Porcelain tiles are fired to a higher
temperature, are vitreous, much less porous or not porous at all,
usually used for floor tiles as they're stronger and hard wearing,
usually need a diamond saw to cut them and more difficult to drill,
requiring some care or they'll break.

Like others have said, drill the tiles with a spear-headed glass/tile
bit and use plugs. Take it slowly, and spray with water from a trigger
spray bottle as you go.

Ho ho.
Ime forget trying to drill porcelain tiles with a spear head bit. Ymmv

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[Malcolm Race[_2_]]

On 01/05/2018 17:44, Another Dave wrote:
Basically as per title. Brand new smooth tiles. I've seen toilet roll
holders which come with glue-on fittings but is there a way to glue an
ordinary holder?

Another Dave

I have cemented on towel rails in the en-suite onto plasterboard.. When
the time came to tile the room I managed tolever off the rails. Ithen
smoothed them down and used Sticks Like Sh*t or something similar and
about 3 years later they are still non the wall (I did try using it to
glue two tile offcute - glazed surfaces together as a trial- and found
it almost impossible to lever them apart)

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[John Rumm]

On 01/05/2018 19:48, Jim K wrote:
Chris Hogg Wrote in message:
On Tue, 1 May 2018 18:06:59 +0100 (GMT+01:00), Jim K
wrote:

Another Dave Wrote in message:
Basically as per title. Brand new smooth tiles. I've seen toilet roll
holders which come with glue-on fittings but is there a way to glue an
ordinary holder?

Ceramic or porcelain tiles?

chuckle porcelain is ceramic. ITYM earthenware or porcelain. Wall
tiles are usually earthenware; soft, porous, easily scored and snapped
and easily drilled IME. Porcelain tiles are fired to a higher
temperature, are vitreous, much less porous or not porous at all,
usually used for floor tiles as they're stronger and hard wearing,
usually need a diamond saw to cut them and more difficult to drill,
requiring some care or they'll break.

Like others have said, drill the tiles with a spear-headed glass/tile
bit and use plugs. Take it slowly, and spray with water from a trigger
spray bottle as you go.

Ho ho.
Ime forget trying to drill porcelain tiles with a spear head bit. Ymmv

Yup, the hardest porcelain ones will laugh at most tile drills. The
Armeg solid carbide with water spray can work (although pricey as they
cost a fortune and wont do many holes), or diamond grit edged saws which
seem like a much better bet. (again with water).


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On 01/05/2018 18:50, Clive Arthur wrote:
On 01/05/2018 17:44, Another Dave wrote:
Basically as per title. Brand new smooth tiles. I've seen toilet roll
holders which come with glue-on fittings but is there a way to glue an
ordinary holder?

Another Dave

If your holder has a large surface area - ours was a wooden base
probably 3"x 5" or so, and if you can devise some way of holding it
firmly in place for several hours, then silicone sealant will work
perfectly.

Have a look at "plumbers gold" from TS. Its a hybrid silicone / modified
silane polymer. It sticks even better and is a bit "stiffer" when set.


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[Another Dave]

On 01/05/18 19:21, Richard wrote:
On 01/05/18 17:44, Another Dave wrote:
Basically as per title. Brand new smooth tiles. I've seen toilet roll
holders which come with glue-on fittings but is there a way to glue an
ordinary holder?

Another Dave

I was going to attach one to the wall, but got this instead:
https://www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis...one/p231138544


I'm currently using something which looks very similar I bought from
Aldi at £9.99.

I've been living the life of a displaced person for two weeks while the
bathroom was being done, I'm £4000 poorer and it looks so nice I don't
want to spoil the tiles if at all possible. The tiler who put in the
bathroom has offered to come back and fit anything I choose.

Another Dave

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[Tricky Dicky[_4_]]

I stuck a porcelain toilet roll holder to the side of a melamine vanity unit with silicone sealant and it stayed there until we changed the bathroom 15 years later.

Richard

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I'd have thought a contact adhesive was as good as anything.
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[Thomas Prufer]

On Tue, 1 May 2018 18:50:51 +0100, Clive Arthur
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If your holder has a large surface area - ours was a wooden base
probably 3"x 5" or so, and if you can devise some way of holding it
firmly in place for several hours, then silicone sealant will work
perfectly.

If you go this route, use a spacer so there will be a thin pad of silicone
between tile and base. Four bits of matchstick, snip of string, whatever, just
to there's a pad of glue there. .

This allows you to get a wire (or long knife, cutter blade, ...) between base
and tile and remove the holder eventually. If the base is siliconed tight
against the tile, you will have to gnaw it off the wall, as you can't reach the
middle

Also, double-sided sticky foam tape as used by glaziers will work.


Thomas Prufer