Tile Shower Ceiling Or Walls First

Or difficult to remove mortar drops when tiling the wall.

Tile shower ceiling or walls first.

Otherwise the best time to install tile on the ceiling is if you are doing an accent wall in the shower and want to extend the tile overhead. However professional tilers will disagree with this. Construct and install shower pan staple same to blocking 3. If you tile the floor first you may accidentally damage the new floor by dropping things on it.

Float sloped deck mud 2. The statuary shower has 3x18 tile running horizontally on the walls and a 6x18 is on the ceiling. The thassos shower has 6x12 tile running vertically on the walls and has a 1x6 thassos mosaic on the ceiling. Ceilings or walls first 1.

Use the tile to decide on exact dimensions and positions of benches alcoves and even wall thicknesses so you can use whole tiles as much as possible and minimize cutting. If you are lining up your grout lines rather than installing them diagonally you can then draw lines on your ceiling as guides to where your tiles should be. Float second sloped deck mud 5. If your bathroom tends to get humid or you are installing a steam shower you should tile the ceiling to help protect it from moisture.

If you prefer doing the shower floor first you can avoid accidental accidents by covering the new floor tile. Install cbu s to wall over shower pan sealing bottom ends with silicon.