So I have the grab bar** and I have to drill, I guess, 3 holes at each
end to hold it.

Any suggestions about drilling through tile, ceramic tile, I guess.
I've never done that.

Carbide? I have some of the cheapest carbide bits you've ever seen. I
don't know where I got them but they were almost free.

Worth buying better?

Should I start with a small hole and enlarge it?

Diamond? A set of five diamond bits are only $7 or 10.

Anything else to know?



**I'm keeping the one I have. Even the non-peened is not perfectly
smooth and I hate to return something they'll be scared to touch because
of the virus. And it's a nuisance for me too, to return and buy another.

On 3/28/2020 12:24 PM, micky wrote:
So I have the grab bar** and I have to drill, I guess, 3 holes at each
end to hold it.

Any suggestions about drilling through tile, ceramic tile, I guess.
I've never done that.

Carbide? I have some of the cheapest carbide bits you've ever seen. I
don't know where I got them but they were almost free.

Worth buying better?

Should I start with a small hole and enlarge it?

Diamond? A set of five diamond bits are only $7 or 10.

Anything else to know?



**I'm keeping the one I have. Even the non-peened is not perfectly
smooth and I hate to return something they'll be scared to touch because
of the virus. And it's a nuisance for me too, to return and buy another.


If typical ceramic tile it is easy. The trick is to break the glaze
where the hole is to go so the tip does not wander. I've used regular
bits and fill size since it is only about 1/4 inch or so. Use the
corner of a sharpening stone, file, anything abrasive.

'There are special bits for tile that are in a plastic case for water
too. I've seen them but never used one. If you do a lot of drilling
would be worth it.

On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 12:24:34 -0400, micky
wrote:

So I have the grab bar** and I have to drill, I guess, 3 holes at each
end to hold it.

Any suggestions about drilling through tile, ceramic tile, I guess.
I've never done that.

Carbide? I have some of the cheapest carbide bits you've ever seen. I
don't know where I got them but they were almost free.

Worth buying better?

Should I start with a small hole and enlarge it?

Diamond? A set of five diamond bits are only $7 or 10.

Anything else to know?



**I'm keeping the one I have. Even the non-peened is not perfectly
smooth and I hate to return something they'll be scared to touch because
of the virus. And it's a nuisance for me too, to return and buy another.

Some tile is really hard, Other stuff drills pretty easy. Your real
question should be, what are you screwing into on the other side? Have
you found the studs? By the shower door, I was able to hit a stud but
the back wall was concrete block so I used 3" TapCons into that.
If you really have that hard tile, a Bosch bit, in a hammer drill and
some water in a Zep bottle does the trick but it is still slow.

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says...

So I have the grab bar** and I have to drill, I guess, 3 holes at each
end to hold it.

Any suggestions about drilling through tile, ceramic tile, I guess.
I've never done that.

Carbide? I have some of the cheapest carbide bits you've ever seen. I
don't know where I got them but they were almost free.

Worth buying better?

Should I start with a small hole and enlarge it?



Go here for an explination. You have to break through the glaze on the
tile before you can do much hole drilling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpEPVLOX4Gc