How To Put Up Wall Tile For Shower

You ll need a design plan before you start attaching the tile.

How to put up wall tile for shower.

So if you re looking to put your tiles on a bathroom or kitchen wall be sure you get semi vitreous or impervious tiles. Add up the wall areas and add 10 so you have extra tile for mistakes or future repairs. Before you start setting tile take some measurements and see how the tiles will all lay out image 1. If the shower base is uneven tiles will have to be cut to fit the last row.

Sanded grout is difficult to get into small joints so adding non sanded grout helps thin it out so it can be applied more easily and aids application on walls. So for example let s say your wall to tile is five feet long. Measure each wall area calculating the width times height. Set the wet saw table to 45 degrees to make miter cuts.

Also keep that shower tile looking fresh in the future by regrouting wall tile. Save time by setting several tiles at once. Lastly remove the 1 2 ledgers and add the bottom row of tiles. Begin the bathroom tile installation with the second row up from the bottom.

Measure up from the bottom of the backer board the height of a tile minus 1 2. Use a mix of 75 percent sanded grout and 25 percent non sanded grout. Step 1 prepare the wall. This will give you a 1 2 overlap over the tile lip on your shower pan.

Use a 3 16 v notched trowel to apply the mastic adhesive to the wall. In our project we set the tile for the wall opposite the shower door first. You ll need 9 6 tiles for each row to cover that space meaning nine full tiles and one cut to 3 6. Make a series of reference marks for the top and bottom tiles image 1 that way you will know how many tiles to put on the wall.

If your shower enclosure walls are not perfectly square or if you plan to install accent tiles the layout of these tiles becomes increasingly important. Determine how much tile you ll need. You re putting up subway tile and the tiles are 6 with spaces of 1 4 between each of them. When the tile has set mix the grout for the shower walls.

Required tools for this shower tile project. On the ceiling and floor of the shower we used 2 x 2 tiles and on shower walls 2 x 4 tiles. Ceramic tiles can be installed directly on drywall plaster or if they are in moist areas onto green drywall or even better cement backer board. Attach a straight board to the backer board along the line.