I'm at the detailed planning stage for my cloakroom remodeling project.

The bog will be a wall mounted pan on a Grohe frame panelled in front and I
am thinking about the panelling, mounting and tiling arrangements.

Considering loading issues, I want to consider materials and techniques
carefully.


If this were a floor mount, I would be tiling underneath and fitting the pan
on top - simple enough.

For a wall mount pan, I am wondering whether to go for ply or plasterboard
(ply seems to make more sense as less risk of crushing) and again whether to
tile behind or up to the pan. For neatness, I am thinking about behind the
pan, but again wonder about crushing. I suppose that there is not a lot
of difference conceptually to placing a floor standing pan on tiles.. Or is
there?

I am going for a wall mounted tap for the basin

http://www.hansgrohe.com/com/en/prod...om.mixer/washb
asin.html

http://tinyurl.com/q86mn

This does not have the plate escutcheon and so I will need to cut tiles
carefully to fit.

I have an electric disk type tile saw for cutting straight pieces.

The question is how to cut the curved shapes or drilled holes for the tap.

I want to try to avoid cutting in little bits of tile and spoiling the
natural continuity. Depending on the tiles selected, this may mean
drilling large holes (about 50-55mm) or arranging the tiling to have a join
along the centre line of the tap and cutting in from the edge.

Is there a suitable drilling method to achieve this?

Is there a suitable edge/corner cutting method - e.g. something like a scroll
saw that will cut tiles?