How To Tile Ashower Wall

Nobody wants a tile to fall of the ceiling and hurt someone or crack a shower pan tile.

How to tile ashower wall.

Install the vapor barrier. If you mix x77 per the directions use the correct trowel size back butter your tiles and use directional troweling your tiles won t slide down the wall. Make sure to use composite shims. Use a wet saw with a diamond blade to cut all the tiles.

Push your tile firmly into place. Use tile nippers or a hole saw designed for tile to cut curves. Set the tile panels on the side walls with thinset the same way as for the back wall using the starter board. Dry lay the panels and measure them to see where you need to make cuts.

A foolproof method of how to tile a shower is to draw a full scale template of each wall on rosin paper figure a and photo 1. Measure the width of the shower walls on either side of the door. Also if you re tiling a ceiling in the shower x77 is a fantastic option. How to prepare your shower wall for tile 1.

Then mark existing studs that outline alcove positions. This may sound less like how to build a. In our project one wall is 31 and the other is 36. Use bullnose for exposed edges or you can use trim pieces.

In this video i show you how to tile a shower. Make the cement board flush with the tile lip of your shower pan by using shims behind the board to bring it out to the desired thickness. Spread thin set along the first section of your tile row. Use spacers between the tile to make sure the gaps are consistent.

Run a damp sponge over the backer board in the area you intend to tile. A vapor barrier is an important piece and one which most people are unaware. Be sure to draw the walls including the thickness of backer board and any plywood that s needed like on the bench seat. Add some seam tape between the panels as well.

I hope you enjoy the video. Use a tile cutter to just score the length of the tile and press firmly to cut. Prep the shower area for tile layout to start tiling prepare by running a bead of silicone caulk around the perimeter of the area you are tiling to seal it image 1. Use a small amount of the excess mortar and spread it onto the back of a tile with the notched.

Turn over the trowel to the notched side and comb over in one direction. The next thing you need to do is gut your shower stall.