Make your diy shower tile experience easier with these pro tips from the tile shop.
Tiling a shower floor drain.
You should be aware the shower floor is slightly sloped to ensure that water runs into the drain.
This is simple if you happen to have a drain with a square flange around it so it can be incorporated right into the grid layout of tile.
When you re tiling a floor with a drain in it whether it s a shower floor utility room or other setting you should first lay out the tile grid as if there isn t a drain there.
Follow steps for tiling a shower wall.
Tiling a shower floor is pretty much the same as tiling any other floor except for the issue of the drain.
Otherwise it is no more difficult to figure out how to tile a shower floor than it is to figure out how to tile a shower wall.
Remodeling your bathroom can often mean tearing out old tile and installing new but if the original tile is level and free of any major damage you can.
Before tiling a shower be sure the drain and sub floor are properly seal.
You want the tile to come right around the drain with 1 4 inch of space for a grout border.
How to raise a shower drain when re tiling.
Tiling around a shower drain often is one of the final phases of tile setting when remodeling a shower.