Cut Pavers and Tile...

WARNING: Always wear safety glasses when cutting pavers or tile!

• hammer and chisel
  
• paver/brick splitter
  
• wet saw
  
• tile cutter
  

Tiles

For cutting tiles, you can use either a tile cutter or a wet saw. Using a tile cutter...

With the handle pulled all the way back, place the tile up against the stop, lining it up with the mark where you want to cut the tile.	Move the handle forward so the cutting wheel is at the bottom edge of the tile.
While holding the tile firmly with your free hand, apply moderate pressure as you push the handle forward.	Having scored the tile once, gently squeeze the handle down until the tile snaps on the score line.

Pavers

For cutting pavers, you can use either a wet saw (recommended) or a paver/brick splitter.

You can also use a hammer and chisel. Score the paver or brick all the way around with a chisel and then strike the score line hard to break it. This also works well if you need to cut off a small portion of a brick or paver.

For more porous bricks or pavers, you can oftentimes split them with a single and forceful strike. (The straight side of the chisel should be facing the part of the brick or paver you want to save and you.)