How to Make Bathroom Tiled Shower Stalls
The shower stall in your bathroom can be covered in any kind of material that is waterproof. Modern options exist, including fiberglass and plastic, but for a finer and more traditional look, tile is the surface of choice. Tiling the shower wall is a little more different from tiling a regular wall, because you need to cut around the fixtures and caulk around the edges. Start with a flat, solid wall, preferably of cement board. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Tape measure
- Level
- Pencil
- Thinset mortar
- Notched tiling trowel
- Glazed wall tiles
- Spacers
- Tile saw
- Grout
- Grout float
- Sponge
- Caulk
Instructions
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Measure the bottom of one wall inside the shower area, from end to end. Find the middle. Mark a vertical line up the wall at the middle, using a level and pencil.
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Spread thinset mortar over the bottom half of the wall. Press the first tile into the mortar on one side of the center line, at the bottom, putting two spacers between the bottom of the tile and the floor.
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Hang the next tile next to the first, putting spacers between the tiles. Repeat, building outward from the middle to both ends, putting spacers between the below the tiles.
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Cut the tiles for the two ends on your tile saw, sizing them so they fit along the side walls with a 1/4-inch space left there.
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Start the second course at the middle, above the first course, and build to the sides as before. Repeat, working your way up the wall course by course, with spacers between all the tiles. Spread on more mortar as necessary. Cut the end tiles as needed. Cut tiles to fit around the fixtures as you come to them, using the tile saw.
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Tile the whole wall, and the other walls. Let the mortar set 12 hours.
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Pull out the spacers. Grout the shower walls from the top down, using a grout float to press the grout into the spaces between the tiles. Wipe up the residual grout with a damp sponge.
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Allow the grout to dry 24 hours. Run lines of caulk along the corners where the walls meet the floor and each other. Let the caulk set 24 hours.
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