Installing Shower Pan And Tile Walls

For tile or shower panels drywall goes in first.

Installing shower pan and tile walls.

Installing a shower pan includes many steps such as cementing the floor to create a sturdy base and installing the shower walls. Center a tile horizontally along the length of the wall and do a quick dry fit to make sure you don t have a lot of tiny tile at the end of the rows. Set the tile panels on the side walls with thinset the same way as for the back wall using the starter board. In our project one wall is 31 inches and the other is 36 inches.

Place cardboard or another material into the shower pan base to protect its surface. Put on mask and ear protection and as needed mark and cut a panel to fit using an angle grinder. Press the shower pan base into the mortar adjusting it until the entire base is level. Dry lay the panels and measure them to see where you need to make cuts.

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. For the vertical layout begin your pattern at the top of the wall so there ll be full uncut tile at the top. Screw the shower pan rim into the wall studs using 1 1 4 inch screws through the pre drilled holes.

Tiled shower walls receive a significant amount of water but hardly as much water as received by the shower pans. Screw each panel to the studs using 1 1 4 inch cement board drywall screws. Meanwhile install your floor tiles to the wall. If so adjust your layout to have wider tile on the sides.

The first row near the floor should be reserved using a ledger or other space saver. Screw the backer board to. If the subfloor is wood it should receive a layer of cement board to protect the wood from the mortar bed under the pan. In fact tiled shower walls typically rise about 80 inches above floor level.

And let that dry. Begin with the length of the shower. Place a sheet of cement backer board against the studs starting with one inside corner. Mark the locations of all studs along the top edge of the backer board.

Smooth the cut edge. Be sure the backer board sits on top of the lip of the. How to install tiled shower walls with a prefab base. Measure your panels of cement backer board to fit the shower walls on each side.

Measure the width of the shower walls on either side of the door. When putting up your shower walls be sure to follow the proper installation procedures to create a watertight seam between the shower pan and wall.