How To Hang Large Tile On Shower Walls

This in turn creates a slight lip between two adjacent tiles.

How to hang large tile on shower walls.

The staggering of tiles in thirds helps limit this effect. 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. Add up the wall areas and add 10 so you have extra tile for mistakes or future repairs.

If you wait to install the cut pieces use a notched trowel to scrape the thinset from the wall so it doesn t dry before. Install full piece tiles first and fill in with cut pieces as you go or install them at the end. 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.

Dry lay the panels and measure them to see where you need to make cuts. Stagger large format tiles in thirds. Large tiles tend to cup or bow upward in the middle of the tile. Measure the width of the shower walls on either side of the door.

One way to limit tile lippage is to stagger large format tiles into thirds. Turn over the trowel to the notched side and comb over in one direction. For our shower we chose a running bond pattern. Measure each wall area calculating the width times height.

Use a small amount of the excess mortar and spread it onto the back of a tile with the notched side of the trowel.