How To Install Tiles On Shower Floor

Continue chiseling down to the waterproofing membrane.

How to install tiles on shower floor. Grout the shower walls. Set tiles on shower wall. The membrane also extends several inches up the walls of the shower framing creating a waterproof pan. Use a tile ring to avoid cutting or nipping your tile into a circle around your drain.

Setting the mosaic border. Setting the cut pieces. Complete the shower floor. Measure and dry lay tiles for shower wall.

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. Slightly slope the sill tiles toward the shower for drainage by piling on a little extra thin set on the back side. Tile the alcove sill and then the sides and top. Use a 3 pound sledgehammer to hammer the tile until it s dislodged.

Allow for the thickness of the tile around the drain when floating your shower pan. Complete the shower walls. 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.