How To Do Tile Shower Walls

Take a 4 foot level and place it across all the studs.

How to do tile shower walls.

Run a damp sponge over the backer board in the area you intend to tile. You should start from the bottom and move upward. They may have settled or bowed over time or the plaster may be rough and uneven. In our project we brought an old 70s bathroom into classic art deco style.

If the studs aren t plumb and level the waterproofing won t be either. 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. How to tile an uneven wall. If you have a space between the shower base and the wall as we show start by framing a continuous wall for this how to tile a shower tiling project floor to ceiling between the base and the wall photo 2.

Lowe s walks you through tiling a shower with this how to video. Frame the end wall and then the bench. For our shower we chose a running bond pattern. Make sure to use composite shims.

You ll need a design plan before you start attaching the tile. Install wall tile in your shower to update the look of your bathroom. In our project one wall is 31 inches and the other is 36 inches. Mark your tile layout.

Use a small amount of the excess mortar and spread it onto the back of a tile with the notched. Do this vertically horizontally and diagonally. Add some seam tape between the panels as well. How to tile bathroom walls and shower tub area step 1.

Dry lay the panels and measure them to see where you need to make cuts. Spread thin set along the first section of your tile row. 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. To start tiling prepare by running a bead of silicone caulk around the perimeter of the area you are tiling to.

Turn over the trowel to the notched side and comb over in one direction. Add up the wall areas and add 10 so you have extra tile for mistakes or future repairs. Use a level to measure where you will lay your first course of tiles. Measure the width of the shower walls on either side of the door.

Check shower stud walls. Measure each wall area calculating the width times height. Determine how much tile you ll need. Set the tile panels on the side walls with thinset the same way as for the back wall using the starter board.

Before you do anything it s best to check the stud walls are plumb and level. Many walls are somewhat uneven. If you re tiling over an uneven section of wall the.