How To Tile A Bathroom Shower

Make the cut spot on the low end a full tile mark it and then cut the tiles on the high side down to the level of the uncut tile on the low side.

How to tile a bathroom shower. Plywood and cover the exposed wood with backer board. Narrower than the opening so you can tip it into place. Use a starter board as a straight edge whenever. Nobody wants a tile to fall of the ceiling and hurt someone or crack a shower pan tile.

Lowe s walks you through tiling a shower with this how to video. Sheathe the bottom with backer board rest it on the tile and screw the sides into the blocking. Frame the shelf in your tile shower. All you need is the size of the tile grout joint measuring tape and pencil pad.

Build the shelf 1 8 in. There s nothing worse than a sliver of tile. 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. Only use dry tiles make sure that the lay out works as well.

Play the tile layout to avoid slivers at the ceiling and corners. The tiles come in different sizes pre spaced. Another way to plan out the first row of tiles is to measure the high part and low part of the shower pan. Install wall tile in your shower to update the look of your bathroom.