Tiling Your Bathtub Walls

Begin with the length of the shower.

Tiling your bathtub walls.

Smooth the cut edge. What is backer board. The art of tilework is as old as man himself and most certainly a mainstay in the aesthetically conscious home. Exterior bathtub tiling is a particularly eye catching artisanal touch in the modern bathroom a signifier of one s personal taste and penchant.

Before tiling a bathroom wall you need to work out your start point as shown above in the step by step. Fill the gap between the tile and the tub with caulk. Check if you need to adjust this mark to avoid laying slivers of tile at the top and bottom. A finely selected and well maintained tiling scheme can make all the difference concerning a number of factors from eye appeal to cleanliness and the bathroom has historically acted as the no 1 tile beneficiary in one s household.

To tile around a tub or shower start by measuring the height of the back wall from the lip of the tub to the top of the area to be tiled. Above the lip of the tub. Cement backer board is used as a sub surface for tiling usually for showers or bathtubs. Apply it to the wall with the bottom edge about 1 4 in.

The reason for this is to ensure that as many full tiles as possible are used. Then apply a generous amount of thin set to the bottom bathtub tile and position it 1 8 in. Put on mask and ear protection and as needed mark and cut a panel to fit using an angle grinder. Measure your panels of cement backer board to fit the shower walls on each side.

Use a wet saw with a diamond blade to cut all the tiles. Use the back of a plastic spoon to smooth the caulk.