I'm considering doing the same, i.e. installing ceramic tile above the fiberglass surround. See pic below. Has anyone done or seen this? Any advice? I've been looking for pics w/o success. Thanks. Here is a link that might be useful:

we did this three years ago when we made a basement bath in our current house. it is used daily as this was a newly built basement suite for my teenager. it was a budget job, and has held up really well, still looks new today. the base was installed first, then purple wall board over new framing. there is a lip that comes up from the base and the cement board was applied to the purple water resistant wallboard with the cement board over the lip. classic glazed 4x4 white 16 cent per tile big box store stock was applied to the cement board, the ceiling of the shower was done on the diagonal. we bought the edge pieces from the same white tile line from the big box store that covered most of the 1/4" of cement board edge and with a thin strip of caulk, met the purple wall board. sandless grout was used with some additive for showers. white calk was applied afterwards to all the inside corners. the swanstone base got a rustish stain on it during the install, as well as grout and tile adhesive. i was able to scrub off the grout and adhesive over time with repeated washing using a nylon brush, but the rust stain persisted. i was able to fade it, but it never disappeared, so i would recommend keeping the base covered when you are doing the install because the swanstone surface is rough/nonslip and seems to be a little bit porous, it didn't give up the construction mess easily. will try and post pictures of the install if i can find them, but this was done two laptops ago, and i'll have to see if i still have them on a hardrive somewhere.

alan, yes, the shower has all interior walls. I took a few more pics below so you could see the water marks. Also, after thinking more about Sue's comment on the shower head, I decided to take a shower. Yes, believe it or not, this is the first time I ever used this shower. It's a basement bath and has mainly been used by house guest. On a side note, I was very impressed with it. Anywho, I now have a better understanding of my problem. It's not the walls being sprayed or splashed during showers, but I did notice condensation from the steam. I think the problem is magnified if the shower was run w/o the exhaust fan, which I believe was the case when my in-laws came to visit for a couple weeks! :( In the pics below, those water marks are permanent. edit: Actually there are just on the paint surface and wiped clean. With that said, now I wonder why the condensation? Could the fan be too weak? I checked it and is drawing air. The first thing I will do is wire the fan to the light switch. Any other ideas? jasper This post was edited by jasper60103 on Fri, Nov 30, 12 at 20:40

Not sure what might be considered easy but, I would cut a 1x1 to length and put 1 inch screws similar to decking screws on each end and partially screw it to the ceiling (leave enough space to slide some tiles under it). Then I'd butter the back of the tiles, slide them into position and tighten the screws to hold them in place until the mortar dried. Then unscrew the 1x1 from the ceiling.