Installing Shower Tile

Plywood and cover the exposed wood with backer board.

Installing shower tile. Use a mix of 75 percent sanded grout and 25 percent non sanded grout. Custom tile showers often take a week or more even in the hands of a skilled pro. A new shower can be completed start to finish in a single day even by a diyers.

Build the shelf 1 8 in. Measure and mark the spot for your second row of tile check your mark for level then attach a board to the wall to act as a guide. 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.

If the shower base is uneven tiles will have to be cut to fit the last row. Setting the mosaic border. Begin the bathroom tile installation with the second row up from the bottom.

Complete the shower walls. In this video i show you how to tile a shower. Learn how to tile a shower wall in just a few simple steps.

Set tiles on shower wall. Grout the shower walls. I will be using a mosaic tile on shower floor and one strip going up the back wall.

I hope you enjoy the video. That way if you do have to cut tile to fit they ll be at the bottom where the tub or shower pan might be slightly out of level. Draw a leveled line where the bottom of the second row will fall.