Pulling up tile - How to cut at threshold?

Yeah I'm going to do some practice cuts. I tried scoring it a little bit with the oscillating tool and diamond blade, but it took some work just to make a mark. I don't know if a better tool/blade would make quick work of it. If this is just how it's going to be then I'm not looking forward to doing it much more than I have to. I know I don't want to mess it up though.

Worst case I do have some spare tiles, and removing along the grout lines is pretty easy. If I have to do that then I'd worry about the new grout matching though.

Thanks, I think that is what I will have to do. I only need to go the width of a doorway, but even that is looking like too big a job for the tools that I have on hand. I'll buy/borrow a grinder and practice my technique to avoid cracking/chipping tiles.

Thanks again.

No. None of these are correct.

Is there a transition going from your tile to your new floor? Pretty much a must have in this situation. Unless you make the cuts on a wet saw it will not look acceptable at all.
With a transition you can be less perfect.

How would you get close to the jambs with a grinder?

Best solution without a transition is pull up the tiles in the doorway, cut new tiles on a wet saw so they match the adjoining tile exactly, then grout. I would not pull up more tiles than you need to. Get as close a match as possible with the grout, then traffic and dirt will take care of the rest.

With a transition strip you can use a diamond blade on a grinder with someone holding a shop vac near the blade to catch most of the dust. When you get as close to the jambs as possible, stop and carefully chip away what you need to with a chisel. Then cover the jagged, crooked edge with the transition strip.

Well then, easy peazy.

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I have a dremel and an oscillating multi tool, and I can get a grinder easy enough.

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I use a Dewalt 20V 3" cut-off tool. Available diamond blade is dry cutting, dust shroud hooks up to a shop-vac and does a very good job of controlling the dust since you can run the blade in both directions and aim the debris directly into the vacuum nozzle. It will get you a little closer to the edges than a grinder and can setup a straight edge to make a perfectly straight and even cut. Also have the added benefit of controlling the exact depth of cut unlike a grinder.

Cut-off tool would be a poor tool to cut vinyl plank. Imo the blade would gum up with melted vinyl and may even start smoking. For basic cuts, scoring with a razer knife and snapping works well for many types of vinyl plank. Jig saw for the squiggly cuts.

For the tile I'd use grinder/cutoff with diamond blade and shopvac to try and control the hella dust its going to kick up. Cross your fingers and slowly chisel and chip away near the jamb where the blade can't reach.

I wouldn't even try to make a clean enough cut to not use a transition.

Update, I ended up using a grinder and it was actually a lot quicker and easier than I expected. Also I figured the safest best was to just cut into the door frame to make sure I cut enough tile, and I'll go back and patch that up later.

I would have just popped the door stops out and put them back later but that works too I guess

I probably woulda removed the stops too if weren't a split-jamb. Although just cutting into them and puttying is probably faster than dealing with the stops. You might've discovered a new thing.