This allows you to nail up a level stick to hold the wall tiles.
Tile shower pan or walls first.
Carpet knife for thin set removal.
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Or difficult to remove mortar drops when tiling the wall.
Regardless of which you do first always run the floor under the wall tile.
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Always tile the back wall first in a shower tub so that you can hide the grout joints on the sides.
Just leave off the bottom row.
Installing a shower pan includes many steps such as cementing the floor to create a sturdy base and installing the shower walls.
Turn over the trowel to the notched side and comb over in one direction.
Use a small amount of the excess mortar and spread it onto the back of a tile with the notched.
This will create a small lip at the bottom of the shower walls where tiles or an acrylic surround would bump out leaving a gap.
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For tile or shower panels drywall goes in first.
Run a damp sponge over the backer board in the area you intend to tile.
Shower floor or walls first.
Later patch the holes with kerdi membrane band or kerdi fix.
When putting up your shower walls be sure to follow the proper installation procedures to create a watertight seam between the shower pan and wall.
This may result in cracked tile.
Then tile the floor and then last row of the walls.
You could use a score and snap tile cutter or a wet saw with a diamond blade.
If you prefer doing the shower floor first you can avoid accidental accidents by covering the new floor tile.
Spread thin set along the first section of your tile row.
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Therefore the pan must be installed first.