hey guys welcome to daddicated my name is Andy in this video I'm gonna show you
how to tile a shower this is part of my bathroom remodel videos where I took my
guest bathroom and fully remodeling everything myself
basically tore it down and doing everything step by step from scratch if
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videos that I already have posted in the cards or in the links below so let's get
started so first you want to measure the tile you're using and the space you're
gonna be using in between the tile and basically plan out how you want to set
up the tile I'm using I believe they're six by eighteen pieces and I want to put
them in a brick pattern to where I have one in the perfect Center so I want to
figure out my vertical height first so I measure my total height and determine
where I want to start and how small my pieces on the bottom and top are going
to be since the top is the place where people mostly will look at you want to
make sure you you have a whole piece more of a whole piece on the top versus
the bottom but it's always good to have to split the difference sometimes to
where you don't really have a really really small cut in the bottom or the
top because that that just doesn't look nice it also helps to use a beam of some
sort like a straight wood plank that you can mount to the cement board that way
you can start it from a level because since the bottom you're gonna have a
slope and then you're gonna do the other the floor tile first or you're gonna put
the mud set you want to make sure that you have a straight nice leveled edge
you can build on and all the way to the top and then you finish off the bottom a
little bit later and I'll go through that as we go along next you want to
measure out your centerline because that's what you're going to be using to
me to Center your tiles in the middle if that's what you're going for and that's
what I'm basically doing I'm making a nice
symmetrical front back wall and you always start with that wall first and
then do the side walls next so after marking my measurements you draw a line
and you can start tiling so some of the tools you'll need to get started is a
mastic actually no wrong mastic is not for a shower because it's not really
good for a water product I didn't really realize that until my brother who does
tile for a living pointed that out to me so later on I used actual thinset
instead of mastic but I'll show that I'll show that later on in the video but
the top of that wall I ended up using mastic which is fine because technically
that is sheet allows it but I'm not gonna get into that details you need a
bucket with the sponge a margin trowel and you'll need a quarter-inch tile
trial so typically you would use thin set and mix it to a proper mixture which
I'm not going to get into that you just read the directions on the bag in my
case I'm using the mastic and applying regardless whether it's mastic or thin
set on the wall is the same so basically you just take the margin trowel put it
on your quarter inch trowel and start spreading it evenly as evenly as
possible before you put any tiles down do a small area at a time that will
cover maybe two or three tiles and then basically just repeat the process as you
go along before you reach a cut now when placing a tile you want to make sure you
you know where you're aligning the guideline the center line that you drew
is and basically just carefully put it onto that beam that you have and once
you have it in position you want it you basically kind of press it in and move
it around make sure that it's it's intact or out on other word you're
squishing it in so that way the the inset is
gauging with your tile and continue doing that tile at a time now
the tile I'm using doesn't require spacers it already hat it gives you like
a pink 1/16 gap if you are using spacers make sure you follow the procedures by
putting the spacers in all the corners like I said I'm not gonna get into that
because most shower tiles you don't require spacers unless you're using the
bigger ones so I'm gonna skip that step for now
so typically I like to put enough tiles to where I have multiple cuts so that
way I can work on the cuts altogether that way I am measuring a few of them
and cutting a few of them at a time instead of going back and forth for each
one but that is totally up to you however way you want to do it plus what
I like to do is spread as much as I can that way I can put as much tiles as I
can and kind of making the pace go faster but this is totally up to you now
to measure the pieces that need to be cut that main wall is not as critical in
terms of the accuracy of the cut because that wall will be covered with the
sidewall tile so you can technically leave 1/8 space maybe maybe even bigger
as long as it's not bigger than the thickness of your tile so that way you
got to make sure it will cover that edge now for attaching small cut pieces
especially since you're doing afterwards there might not be any thin set on in
those corners so yeah
what I like to do is to put the things that directly on the back of the tile
that way I can make sure that it covers the entire surface and it's probably the
least messiest way to do this because if I try to get into that little corner
with that my big trowel I'm gonna get the other tiles around it probably all
messy so it's just easier this way for me personally now there's two ways you
can cut this you can use a standard it's like a manual tile cutter as you see
here these are fairly inexpensive for someone who doesn't do does this for a
living that they can buy at Home Depot or you can use a special a tile hand
grinder or an angle grinder with a diamond blade to cut now again this this
tile cutter that I have right here is maybe 25 30 bucks I'm not really sure
but you can buy in an expensive one online and I'll have put all the links
to all my tools below so some of the cuts like this one will require you to
use a hand grinder there's no way you can cut this type of cut with a regular
tile cutter because you have to come from both sides and meet in the middle
these grinders are fairly easy to use just follow the line that you drawn on
your tile and cut one edge at a time now start with a smaller thinner edge
because that's more likely to break and cut that first before you cut the other
side then continue finishing off the tile on the back wall all the way to the
top the more of these cuts you do the better you will get so one little trick
to prevent this piece from sliding down paint clear tape right here
and right here and then since this one's fresh still I put tape right here so it
doesn't go that way so make sure you have some spare tiles in case you break
one or two tiles in the process next I started with the wall on the right side
and I set up the same way where I put the beam first and except this time I
used a metal loop Schluter I think they're called I'm not really sure that
a proper name for it but basically it's like this edge that gives you a nice
finished look on the sides of your tile and basically I just measured out how
far I want to go out and pretty much screwed it in on the top and bottom and
use the level to make sure it was leveled I'll remove those screws
eventually once I start putting tile over it and then the tile will hold that
the edge piece in place and then I will be able to remove the screws on top and
bottom without having to worry that the edge is no longer leveled once
everything is in place and measured my centerline again and started tiling the
side wall now I made sure that my alignment of my beam was on the same
level as the grout line from the other wall that way my design looked like it
was a continuous brick pattern throughout all the walls next I tiled
the notch that I have both of them so I used the mosaic piece for my back wall
and I put that up first since this is a mosaic piece and it's at an angle I had
to cut one piece at a time and put those all around to fill in the gaps on the
sides and then I basically did the top and bottom tile and then lastly the
sides that way this is my sides kind of hold like my top tile even though they
thought the top tile will be fine but that's just how I decided to do it then
I finished off the knot with some bullnose pieces on the outside on the
perimeter to make it look nice and give it a nice edge Plus since its license is
there it's a thicker piece it pops out and makes it a nice finished look next I
did the tile inside the window here I also used the Schluter edge piece and
pre-cut the top and the sides before in the tile the idea here is to dry fit
it first before placing the tile and measuring the tile that way I had the
Schluter pieces to make sure everything fits I placed the top tile first then
added the top Schluter I used a piece of clear tape to make sure that edge piece
was secured in place and then move on me I also used a two by fours to support
the tile from falling so I waited about an hour and then worked on the other
side of the top and used that 2x4 to support then I finished the window by
installing the side tiles lastly I finished tiling the bottom after the
shower floors were completed I used painters tape to help me hold up
the tile as I was going from top to bottom and the next step of the process
would be grouting the tile which I will show you in a different video so if you
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