Diy Tiling A Shower Floor

Build it to be as watertight as possible starting with your tile choice.

Diy tiling a shower floor. Using some kind of waterproofing shower kit such as schluter shower systems will help you build. Get a professional plumber to rough in the shower drain before starting the concrete installation. Save time by setting several tiles at once. Or difficult to remove mortar drops when tiling the wall.

Although fiberglass units make shower pans quick and easy they lack the elegance of a handcrafted mortar and tile floor. When you re choosing your floor tile there are several important factors to consider. On the ceiling and floor of the shower we used 2 x 2 tiles and on shower walls 2 x 4 tiles. Tile the floor last.

If you tile the floor first you may accidentally damage the new floor by dropping things on it. If you re planning on tiling the shower floor always tile it last as you don t want to step on the tile while tiling the rest of the shower. Also make sure your floor is pre sloped before installing the rubber liner in the following steps to prevent future mold and mildew. In our project we set the tile for the wall opposite the shower door first.

Despite what you may think water can and will penetrate all the way through the tile mortar and concrete above the shower pan making its way down to the shower pan. First remember that the floor is a wet environment. And with a mortar and tile floor your shower can be any shape. Look for tile designed for submersion or use in pools.

This may result in cracked tile. You should follow the same steps you did when tiling the walls. A custom built shower pan is a fair amount of work but very doable as a diy project with some learning planning ahead of time to know how to do it right which we cover here at tile shower diy on this page how to build a tile shower floor pan. You may need to custom cut some of the tiles to fit around the drain.

Before you start setting tile take some measurements and see how the tiles will all lay out image 1. So if you d like to install a tile shower and are willing to build your own custom shower pan you ll be able to tile it to match the walls. However professional tilers will disagree with this.