Measure and dry lay tiles for shower wall.
How to install border tiles on wall.
To install ceramic wall tile use a level and measuring tape to mark the tile locations on the wall with chalk.
Use long sweeping motions to apply mortar to the wall and start placing your tiles in the marked locations.
A tiled wall offers many advantages.
A border can be used to frame a decorative kitchen backsplash wall mural or to add interest and a finished tailored look to bathroom wall tile.
From installing simple borders to covering half or even the whole wall maintenance is easy and design possibilities are.
Lay out the tiles the same way they ll be placed on the wall.
This is called back buttering and will provide total coverage of mortar on each border piece which.
Border tiles can be the same size as field tiles.
Mastic dries in 15 to 20 minutes so apply it in small sections at a time.
Complete the shower floor.
We chose to start at the corner where the vanity ends so the tile will flow down the wall to the top of the tub platform.
Apply mastic in small sections with a trowel.
Be sure to put spacers between each tile as you go.
Set tiles on shower side walls.
Apply thinset mortar to the backs of each piece of tile.
Pick a starting point.
Install the border tiles on the drywall.
Grout the shower walls.
Setting the cut pieces.