How To Tile Shower Stall Walls

If so adjust your layout to have wider tile on the sides.

How to tile shower stall walls. Use a small amount of the excess mortar and spread it onto the back of a tile with the notched. Leave out the row of tiles where the shelf will rest photo 8. Finish tiling the wall cutting the top row to fit as needed as you work on this how to tile a shower project. Center a tile horizontally along the length of the wall and do a quick dry fit to make sure you don t have a lot of tiny tile at the end of the rows.

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. Today s video shares tips on how to tile a shower wall specifically the main shower wall in a schluter kerdi shower. Also if you re tiling a ceiling in the shower x77 is a fantastic option. Slightly slope the sill tiles toward the shower for drainage by piling on a little extra thin set on the back side.

Tile the alcove sill and then the sides and top. Nobody wants a tile to fall of the ceiling and hurt someone or crack a shower pan tile. Run a damp sponge over the backer board in the area you intend to tile. Spread thin set along the first section of your tile row.

Turn over the trowel to the notched side and comb over in one direction. If you have more than 1 8 of an inch between your tiles then you should use a sanded tile. We ll deep dive into layout industry g. Grout is vital for holding your shower tile firmly in place.