How To Tile A Half Wall Around A Bath Tub

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How to tile a half wall around a bath tub.

To tile around a tub or shower start by measuring the height of the back wall from the lip of the tub to the top of the area to be tiled. Allow for the thickness of the grout. The bathroom below showcases one of our favorite unconventional tile heights with the tile covering 3 4 of the wall. Divide the dimension in half and make a mark there.

If you know how to tile you can make your renovation project a lot more affordable. Wall tiling costs from 40 m2 including cheap tiles labour fitting materials adhesive grout silicon etc so a bathroom with 20m2 of walls quite common will cost 800 to fully tile the walls. Before you begin to install the tile figure out the layout of your tile scheme after measuring all areas to be tiled as well as the tiles. Here we ll cover the basics of bathroom wall tiles and how to choose the right height for your project.

If you will need a small slip of tile then you may prefer to have a part tile near the bath lip or at the top of your tiled area. Border tiles border around field tiles while accent tiles are used to add interest usually intermixed with field tiles. Understand how your bathtub is setup. Ps this does not include any major wall preparation costs such as reboarding that may be required when stripping off the existing tiles.

Mark a horizontal line around your bath at this height. I cover some of the specifics of how to layout and set up a tub to install tile around it. Mark the layout lines webb chappell. Learn how to tile a bathroom with an instructional video from bunnings w.

Use no tiles less than half wide along the outside of your tile field any tile slivers tiles that are less than half the width of the tile itself will markedly show the out of plumb wall. The walls are a solid off white that gives the bathroom a beautiful sterile look but because of the large size of the tiles the bathroom looks smaller. How to tile a tub surround 1. Find out how many tiles will fit between the bath lip and mid point.

Claire thomas photo. Make a diagram of each wall to help you decide placement of tiles image 4. Whether that was done intentionally or not between the large size of the tiles and their matte non reflective surface the bathroom does seem slightly cramped. You can remedy this by making sure that the tiles are positioned so that no slivers are used.