Tiling A Shower Floor Before Walls

Follow steps for tiling a shower wall.

Tiling a shower floor before walls.

If you prefer doing the shower floor first you can avoid accidental accidents by covering the new floor. But if you re using natural stone or larger tiles and your shower wall tile layout requires lots of cuts especially notching rent a tile saw for a day. Shower floor or walls first. Wear skid proof shoes kneepads gloves.

This way i can leave a slight gap between the floor tile and the cement board on the wall to allow for expansion and contraction of the supporting wood members in the wall. Before you start setting tile take some measurements and see how the tiles will all lay out image 1. The only way that this can happen without detailed planning and careful measurements is by installing the tile on the floor of the shower first. I like to have the bottom row of wall tiles sitting on top of the floor in the shower or whenever wall tiles meet floor tiles.

However professional tilers will disagree with this. Tiling a shower is a diy project that you can usually accomplish in a few days with the right tools and equipment. Just wondered why someone would lay the floor after the walls are completed. Because if the floor tiles of the bathroom are laid first there will inevitably be some ornaments such as cement and wall tile fragments falling on the floor when the tiles are laid.

Glass tile can be expensive so it s wise to think of it as an accent only. Tiles like we show. Then pick your shower tile and use this guide for step by step instructions on how to tile a shower. When decorating the bathroom first install wall tiles then install floor tiles can effectively reduce the damage to the bathroom floor.

On the ceiling and floor of the shower we used 2 x 2 tiles and on shower walls 2 x 4 tiles. Otherwise it is no more difficult to figure out how to tile a shower floor than it is to figure out how to tile a shower wall. You should be aware the shower floor is slightly sloped to ensure that water runs into the drain. Save time by setting several tiles at once.

If you tile the floor first you may accidentally damage the new floor by dropping things on it. Also tile is heavy so put down blankets to protect the floors and tub from being damaged by falling. Or difficult to remove mortar drops when tiling the wall. As a matter of practice i usually do most of the walls first then the floor then bring the last row of wall tile down over the floor tile.

In our project we set the tile for the wall opposite the shower door first. This may result in cracked tile. Professional tile installation generally utilizes a method where the tile wall hangs over the tile floor. Begin by removing the old tile or the fiberglass shower wall.

I completely agree about not working over finished work i just took the comment to mean doing floors dead last as in after all the wall tile. This is a dusty job so use plastic to cover your doorways wear a respirator that s rated for dust cover the floor with a drop cloth and make sure there s plenty of ventilation.