How To Apply Tile To Shower Wall

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.

How to apply tile to shower wall.

Measure the width of the shower walls on either side of the door. Run a damp sponge over the backer board in the area you intend to tile. In our project one wall is 31 inches and the other is 36 inches. Nobody wants a tile to fall of the ceiling and hurt someone or crack a shower pan tile.

Use a wet saw with a diamond blade to cut all the tiles. Contrary to popular belief ceramic tile and grout by themselves are not waterproof. You ll need a design plan before you start attaching the tile. Use a small amount of the excess mortar and spread it onto the back of a tile with the notched side of the trowel.

Set the tile panels on the side walls with thinset the same way as for the back wall using the starter board. 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. Turn over the trowel to the notched side and comb over in one direction. Spread thin set along the first section of your tile row.

Add up the wall areas and add 10 so you have extra tile for mistakes or future repairs. You should get the shower wall down to the bare studs. For our shower we chose a running bond pattern. Dry lay the panels and measure them to see where you need to make cuts.

Pull the tile up and look at the pattern that is create on the back. Unless you plan to replace the shower pan too leave it in place. Also if you re tiling a ceiling in the shower x77 is a fantastic option. Rip out any old tile drywall or surrounds that were on the wall.

Measure each wall area calculating the width times height. Use the back of a plastic spoon to smooth the caulk. To prevent water damage you must install a waterproof membrane just below the tile bonding mortar as close to the tile as possible. Start by turning off the water to the shower so you don t accidentally ruin your work.

Water can penetrate through cement based grout and work its way through the substrate. For the average small wall tiles which are currently popular you will want to use a 1x4 square notch trowel.