How To Install Tiles On Shower Floor

The membrane also extends several inches up the walls of the shower framing creating a waterproof pan.

How to install tiles on shower floor.

Complete the shower floor. Remove the drain cover and place a clean towel or rag into the drain before chiseling along the grout line of the center tiles. Install your wall tile first so that any unevenness in your shower pan will not be as noticeable. Allow for the thickness of the tile around the drain when floating your shower pan.

Use a tile ring to avoid cutting or nipping your tile into a circle around your drain. Use a 3 pound sledgehammer to hammer the tile until it s dislodged. Grout the shower walls. Tile the alcove sill and then the sides and top.

Set tiles on shower wall. From there sheets of tile backerboard are fastened to the wall framing and another 2 to 3 inch layer of portland cement and sand are applied over the membrane again sloped towards the drain. Match the slope on the bottom tiles at the side by taping the bottom tile even with the row above it and scribing the angle with a full tile photo 9. Setting the mosaic border.

Slightly slope the sill tiles toward the shower for drainage by piling on a little extra thin set on the back side. Continue chiseling down to the waterproofing membrane. Measure and dry lay tiles for shower wall.