Shower tile help
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Comments (17)There's a picture of a floor of the tile on the Tesoro website, but it's not very good. I like it because it is a very subtle design. The person who told me it was a "cheap" tile was speaking to the quality of the tile itself, not the design variation. I considered a similar tile, but when I saw a picture of it installed it was too dramatic and busy for my taste. Will post pic when completed, but that's not till this fall....See MorePrepping a shower for tile (help?)
Comments (11)Mongo, good stuff. Mfran, print his post and research it. The first an most important thing I did was to ensure square and plumb and had taken into account the thickness of the materials. Second thing was redundancy planning for water. I rebuilt my shower over studs after removing a 70s lathe style shower that leaked. The curb rotted. I used cement board over poly with surface applied redguard. Latex admix mortar bed over the epdm style pan. Latex admix thinset, Latex admix grout. Polyurethane structural adhesive at the drain pan connection because it expands slightly and is sticky like no other. I sifted drain stones with the old drain plate and a red solo cup. I put a little extra pitch in the mortar floor for good drainage speed. Ran the pan liner up a extra few inches for wicking protection. Stuff like that. Mongo was right about laying out the tile for the inset break. You may need to cut a stud, make a frame, if you want to use cement board or adjust something. Insets are easy, but they cannot flex and have more breaks to seal. Like mongo suggests, you may want to buy a premade one. I did surface in a tumbled marble because the boss wanted it that way. She cleans it with some kind of spray that suits her and a brush. Get a good accurate tile cutting setup. Best wishes...See MorePreprint shower for tile (help?)
Comments (2)Post on the Bathroom Forum. There numerous threads on building a good shower. Good luck!...See MoreShower Tile Help
Comments (8)It’ll probably lighten over time. I have a river rock bathroom with niche and it did. You don’t want to risk the waterproofing being damaged, so I’d leave it. This is a sample of mine right after it was done....See MoreNancy in Mich
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