Tile Shower Floors Or Walls First

When decorating the bathroom first install wall tiles then install floor tiles can effectively reduce the damage to the bathroom floor.

Tile shower floors or walls first.

If you do the walls first starting from a straight edge by the time you get to the top you can generally take the straight edges off and finish the wall and floor tile in the same day. In our project we set the tile for the wall opposite the shower door first. Should you tile a bathroom floor or wall first. Opt for floor installation first because it s often a messy process.

The first row near the floor should be reserved using a ledger or other space saver. Because if the floor tiles of the bathroom are laid first there will inevitably be some ornaments such as cement and wall tile fragments falling on the floor when the tiles are laid. When tiling a shower do the floor first then screw level batten to the wall just high enough to fit a tile under it at the lowest point then tile the walls by the time you have done this you should be able to remove the batten and cut the remaining. On the ceiling and floor of the shower we used 2 x 2 tiles and on shower walls 2 x 4 tiles.

As a matter of practice i usually do most of the walls first then the floor then bring the last row of wall tile down over the floor tile. This way i can leave a slight gap between the floor tile and the cement board on the wall to allow for expansion and contraction of the supporting wood members in the wall. Professional tile installation generally utilizes a method where the tile wall hangs over the tile floor. Whats people lookup in this blog.

Save time by setting several tiles at once. Walls first floors last if anything its because walls tend to have white or lighter grouts than floors so if you do the floor first and grout with grey when you do the walls you will inevitably drop grout onto your lovely floor and cause light patches to your grout also you might drop a tile onto your floor and chip something get your walls out of the way all shining and clean and then do. Meanwhile install your floor tiles to the wall. And then finish by installing that final row of wall tiles so that it overlaps the floor properly.

What you really want to do is tile the walls starting with the second row and work up from there. Plus if you do the floor first you can t work on it for at least a day to do the walls unless you use quick flex or someting similar. And let that dry. Shower floor or walls first.

Before you start setting tile take some measurements and see how the tiles will all lay out image 1. The code states that wall tiles must overlap floor tiles also tiled hobs should a top tile that overlaps both vertical tiles on each side.