How To Tile Your Bathtub Walls

This video will show you how to set tile around a tub.

How to tile your bathtub walls.

Start by covering the entire bathroom with plastic sheeting and place a piece of plywood over the tub. Trowel on the tile mastic. Use a small amount of the excess mortar and spread it onto the back of a tile with the notched. Apply it to the wall with the bottom edge about 1 4 in.

Mark the layout lines. Just be sure to get the correct size seamclip for your tile. Start at the intersection of the two layout lines and spread a thick layer of tile mastic. Then chisel each piece of tile off the wall or floor being careful not to dig into the drywall.

How to tile bathroom walls and shower tub area step 1. Spread thin set along the first section of your tile row. How to tile a tub surround 1. Above the lip of the tub.

I cover some of the specifics of how to layout and set up a tub to install tile around it. Then apply a generous amount of thin set to the bottom bathtub tile and position it 1 8 in. For the vertical layout begin your pattern at the top of the wall so there ll be full uncut tile at the top. We removed a wall where an old.

Center a tile horizontally along the length of the wall and do a quick dry fit to make sure you don t have a lot of tiny tile at the end of the rows. In our project we brought an old 70s bathroom into classic art deco style. Levtec makes a quality product. If you re using a large tile e g.

Run a damp sponge over the backer board in the area you intend to tile. If so adjust your layout to have wider tile on the sides. The best approach when installing cement board or other tile backer around a tub is to keep the cement board out of the lip area. Continue this process until all the tile has been removed.

Start installing the. To start tiling prepare by running a bead of silicone caulk around the perimeter of the area you are tiling to. To tile around a tub or shower start by measuring the height of the back wall from the lip of. Turn over the trowel to the notched side and comb over in one direction.

And t lock is a wonderful option that has the spacer integrated into the clip.