Tiling around a pipe

1. Remove the fixture, if possible. Hold a tile to one side of the pipe and mark the top and bottom edges of the pipe's diameter on the tile. Even if the fixture has not been removed, use this technique to measure where the hole will fail.

2. Hold the tile, below the pipe, in line with its column of tiles, and mark on it the left and right edges of the pipe's diameter.

3. Use a try square, to join the marks, forming a square where the tile will fit over the pipe. Join opposte corners to find the centre.

4. Adjust the tile hole cutter to the size setting you need.

5. Attach the hole cutter to a drill, sit its point on the mark in the centre of the square guide lines, and remove a circle of tile.

6. Apply tile adhesive, directly to the tile and fix the tile in position over the pipe. If it has not been possible to remove the fitting, score and snap the tile along through the hole, so that the tile can fit around the pipe.