Tile One Wall At A Time

Use a chisel and hammer if you need to remove existing tiles.

Tile one wall at a time.

3 plan the shower wall layout and make tile cuts. Obviously you ll only be spreading mortar on one tile at a time. 6 set mesh backed mosaic tile sheets. The wall tile is 10x16 with 1 16 spacing.

In this instance the 18 foot long by 24 inch tall winding wall of concrete is being inset with 40 individually fired 40 animal tiles that have the names of their sponsors etched in other pieces. After laying all the mortar its now time to start tiling the shower including the wall and the floor. Or if you have time. It is slightly sloped to one side with 3 8 per 5 5 ft of the wall.

Use tile spacers on the horizontal grout lines to stop the tile from sliding or droping. In my experience with a 4 x4 tile you can use a premixed mastic glue as long as you read the directions and make sure that it is water and mould proof. The tile will be going from floor to ceiling. Put on a pair of safety goggles before you start removing the tile then place the chisel at a 45 degree angle between the tiles and hit the end of the chisel with the hammer to separate the tiles from the wall.

Tile the shower wall. Step 1 the easiest way to measure for cutting is using the last whole one in the row hold a tile over it place another against the wall and then mark they overlap in felt tip pen. So let s look at the basics of wall tile installation that will make everything go a lot smoother less frustrating and less costly. However wall tile installation has its own set of rules that you dare break at your own risk.

1 most grouts call for you to mix the entire bag all at once so if you re only measuring out half the bag at a time you can end up. Then finish off the wall with the cut tiles needed for the gaps. 7 prepare the installation for grouting. 5 set the tile.

Another method and the one employed in this tutorial is to measure the width of your wall then divide by the width of your tiles plus one space in this case 4 tiles and 1 8 spaces means 4 1 8 required per column. Mark where to set your first row. Honestly while it could work i d have some worry about it. Start with a level ledger lay one wall at a time.

4 mix and apply the tile mortar. After all the penalty for poorly installed wall tile is a lifetime of having to look at the stuff. This will result in a perfectly symmetrical tile job. 8 mix and apply grout.

10 complete the installation and maintain as needed. Spread the mortar using the notched edge of the trowel. I think this may be problematic because of the narrow elements at the bottom of the wall.