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   Guest_ | Oct 15, 1999 03:15pm | #7

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   I just checked out a bath renovation job where I'm gonna have to cut a notch [8"x 30"] in a one piece moulded fiberglass tub surround for a window that extends below the top of the surround. Anything I should know before I cut? or just fire up the Homelite? Or can I do this at all?Thanks.

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   Guest_ | Oct 13, 1999 05:05am | #1

   *Don't know much about this but I have seen the plumbers put tape on the surface before cutting a hole for the faucet rough-in.

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   Guest_ | Oct 13, 1999 08:18am | #2

   *I think you'd want to do this with a rotary blade, like a non-toothed grinding blade. I'm thinking the reciprocal motion of a sawzall would probably chip the fiberglas.

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   Guest_ | Oct 13, 1999 08:28am | #3

   *OK!! - Another fine use for the venerable Roto-Zip! Get the right bit for cutting fiberglass and carefully have at it.

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   Ben_Carnes | Oct 13, 1999 09:12am | #4

   *Any cut you make is going to have to be trimmed around the window, so I say have at it with a dull framing blade and get some aluminum corner molding.-BenView ImageQuestion: If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest have to drown too?

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   Guest_ | Oct 13, 1999 07:41pm | #5

   *I did this once and just used a utility knife with a sharp blade. But that edge was getting covered by trim. Of course, then I measured to cut out the second notch and realized that it overlapped one of the molded in shelves. Thinking of no way to make that look good I ate the $125 dollars and got a three piece that was flat where I needed it to be.For sale cheap, a one piece tub/shower surround with a chunk cut out of it. :-)Rich Beckman

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   Guest_ | Oct 15, 1999 06:21am | #6

   *ALLAOUND is right. The Rotozip does a great job. Haven't tried it on a beer can yet though.

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   Guest_ | Oct 15, 1999 03:15pm | #8

   *you might want to drill a hole at the corners and cut to that.(similar to what's done w/laminate. this keeps the corner from cracking as you move pc around and apply stress to the sheet. best of luck to ya.