How To Install Tiles On Shower Floor

Match the slope on the bottom tiles at the side by taping the bottom tile even with the row above it and scribing the angle with a full tile photo 9.

How to install tiles on shower floor.

Grout the shower walls. Slightly slope the sill tiles toward the shower for drainage by piling on a little extra thin set on the back side. Setting the mosaic border. Tile the alcove sill and then the sides and top.

Continue chiseling down to the waterproofing membrane. Use a tile ring to avoid cutting or nipping your tile into a circle around your drain. Install your wall tile first so that any unevenness in your shower pan will not be as noticeable. Complete the shower floor.

Setting the cut pieces. Remove the drain cover and place a clean towel or rag into the drain before chiseling along the grout line of the center tiles. Set tiles on shower side walls. From there sheets of tile backerboard are fastened to the wall framing and another 2 to 3 inch layer of portland cement and sand are applied over the membrane again sloped towards the drain.

Allow for the thickness of the tile around the drain when floating your shower pan. Complete the shower walls. Measure and dry lay tiles for shower wall.