As most surfaces are rarely entirely level you may have to cut some of your tiles to make sure your first course of tiles is level.
How to wall tile shower.
You should start from the bottom and move upward.
How to tile a shower wall 1.
Including application of adhesive grout edging strip and cutting.
Then mark existing studs that outline alcove positions.
Add up the wall areas and add 10 so you have extra tile for mistakes or future repairs.
You ll need a design plan before you start attaching the tile.
Measure each wall area calculating the width times height.
Also if you re tiling a ceiling in the shower x77 is a fantastic option.
Use a 3 16 v notched trowel to apply the mastic adhesive to the wall.
For our shower we chose a running bond pattern.
Begin the bathroom tile installation with the second row up from the bottom.
Determine how much tile you ll need.
If the shower base is uneven tiles will have to be cut to fit the last row.
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.
Draw a leveled line where the bottom of the second row will fall.
How to tile and grout a bathroom wall.
Attach a straight board to the backer board along the line.
Set the wet saw table to 45 degrees to make miter 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.
Make a series of reference marks for the top and bottom tiles image 1 that way you will know how many tiles to put on the wall.
Nobody wants a tile to fall of the ceiling and hurt someone or crack a shower pan tile.
Mark your tile layout.