Tiling Around A Shower Tray
Should you tile on top of shower tray.
Tiling around a shower tray. I would have put them down before the tray but the. Tank the area where the shower will be down to the floor. Tue 17 dec 2013 08 37pm.
13 was this helpful. The basic ordering of tiling a shower enclosure within the bathroom installation as a whole is as follows. 23 may 2008 messages.
Surely there must be an easy way or even a difficult way to fit tiles neatly around a quadrant. Once you know where your tiles are going position a batten for the first row of full tiles above the tray and tile as normal. Should you tile on top of the shower tray or can you tile then install the tray and add silicone.
Run pipework within wall to shower valve as required prepare walls for tiling fit shower tray connect up waste. I can make up the extra 30mm in waterproof. Tiling around curved shower tray.
When tiling a shower one of the most important things to remember is that you need extra cuts in the tiles to make sure they follow the fall of the floor and that the water runs down the. Position the tray where you would like it then mark on the wall the top of the tray. Hi all i m about to fit a new walk in shower and have stripped the existing bathroom.
The room is 1530 wide by 2100mm long. Tue 17 dec 2013 07 22pm. Discussion in tiling started by jon92 1 sep 2008.
Is it better to cut with a saw freehand or use small straight cuts somehow. In this video craig uses a larger format wall tile and thinset to. Tile mountain s resident expert craig philips shares his top tips for tiling a shower cubicle for a fantastic finished result.
You should fit the shower tray first and seal it with silicon and then tile leaving a cap of 3 to 5mm between tray and tile use a good quality mould resistant silicon to seal the gap. I intend to fit a 1500 wide shower tray at one end of the room however i need to deal with the 30mm of extra space. Tiles in question are 40cm x 40cm and about 6mm thick.
