Tile Shower Pan Or Walls First

Therefore the pan must be installed first.

Tile shower pan or walls first.

Shower floor or walls first. Regardless of which you do first always run the floor under the wall tile. You could use a score and snap tile cutter or a wet saw with a diamond blade. Carpet knife for thin set removal.

Then tile the floor and then last row of the walls. Installing a shower pan includes many steps such as cementing the floor to create a sturdy base and installing the shower walls. We re going to dive into the details. Or difficult to remove mortar drops when tiling the wall.

Here s your supply list. Spread thin set along the first section of your tile row. Use a small amount of the excess mortar and spread it onto the back of a tile with the notched. This allows you to nail up a level stick to hold the wall tiles.

The difference is that the diamond blade saw offers a more precise cut than the score and snap cutter. Always tile the back wall first in a shower tub so that you can hide the grout joints on the sides. Run a damp sponge over the backer board in the area you intend to tile. 1 4 1 4 1 4 square notched trowel.

If you tile the floor first you may accidentally damage the new floor by dropping things on it. Tuscan seamclips blue horseshoe shims 1 16 sponge. This will create a small lip at the bottom of the shower walls where tiles or an acrylic surround would bump out leaving a gap. Turn over the trowel to the notched side and comb over in one direction.

For tile or shower panels drywall goes in first. Just leave off the bottom row. This may result in cracked tile. If you prefer doing the shower floor first you can avoid accidental accidents by covering the new floor tile.