Tile Shower Pan Or Walls First

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Tile shower pan or walls first.

Spread thin set along the first section of your tile row. Run a damp sponge over the backer board in the area you intend to tile. We re going to dive into the details. Use a small amount of the excess mortar and spread it onto the back of a tile with the notched.

When putting up your shower walls be sure to follow the proper installation procedures to create a watertight seam between the shower pan and wall. Turn over the trowel to the notched side and comb over in one direction. If you tile the floor first you may accidentally damage the new floor by dropping things on it. Always tile the back wall first in a shower tub so that you can hide the grout joints on the sides.

Or difficult to remove mortar drops when tiling the wall. You could use a score and snap tile cutter or a wet saw with a diamond blade. Just leave off the bottom row. This allows you to nail up a level stick to hold the wall tiles.

1 4 1 4 1 4 square notched trowel. Then tile the floor and then last row of the walls. Regardless of which you do first always run the floor under the wall tile. Later patch the holes with kerdi membrane band or kerdi fix.

Here s your supply list. The difference is that the diamond blade saw offers a more precise cut than the score and snap cutter. If you prefer doing the shower floor first you can avoid accidental accidents by covering the new floor tile. Therefore the pan must be installed first.

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. If your shower pan is not level then the level line you created to mark the top of the first row will mean that some of your tiles need to be cut. Shower floor or walls first. Carpet knife for thin set removal.