Tile Bathroom Walls Shower Tub Area
Licensed contractor amy matthews shows how to install tiles in a bathroom shower area and the walls to transform a tired old bathroom into a classic art deco retreat.
Tile bathroom walls shower tub area. Cost skill level start to finish 2. Ceramic and porcelain tiles come in a wide range of sizes from small mosaic tiles on up to large format tiles as big as 30 inches by 15 inches. How to tile a tub surround 1. Find a store open 7 days a week.
Measure a row of tile to determine the location of. How to tile bathroom walls and shower tub area. Shop a wide variety of beautiful bathroom wall tile for shower and tub applications at the tile shop. Draw level and plumb tile layout lines on the wall to guide your installation.
Open 7 days a week. Elevate the style of your shower tub or bathroom tile with any of the tile shop s hundreds of large format tiles including wood look planks and 3 d tiles. Coloful glass tile fits contemporary and minimalist spaces and provides a dyamic contrast to natural stone walls. Use the measurement as your tile layout calculator and use it to determine whether you should shift the layout to get a wider tile in the corner and to determine the tile layout for the end walls of a tub or shower.
Opt for a stunning tile that you love for your shower wall and you ll enjoy it for years to come. This gives you a variety of possibilities when laying tile for your bathroom flooring walls and shower and bathtub surrounds. To tile around a tub or shower start by measuring the height of the back wall from the lip of the tub to the top of the area to be tiled. Try using a combination of glass porcelain and ceramic tile for a.
Ideal for wet spaces like your shower surround and above the bathroom vanity both glass and other mosaic tiles come in many colors and shapes. Mark the layout lines webb chappell. This video will show you how to set tile around a tub. Large format wall tiles mean fewer grout lines greater wall coverage and a chic minimal design.
One great benefit of using ceramic tile for bathrooms is tile s flexibility. Divide the dimension in half and make a mark there. I cover some of the specifics of how to layout and set up a tub to install tile around it.