Tile Shower Curb Or Floor First

Install pea gravel or spacers around the drain and weep holes to enable drainage.

Tile shower curb or floor first.

In our project we set the tile for the wall opposite the shower door first. What is the main reasons why you should do the floor first. Proper planning for the work can save you hundreds of bucks and immense work hour. At first survey the curb and the tiles you brought to position on that surface.

At first thought from the water leak perspective doing the floor right up to the outer shower curb first wouldn t allow water to seap through the grout at that outer seam. Others have separate floors walls and curbs. Let s assume you re a beginner. A wood 2 4 horizontally to the floor is actually 1 1 2 inches tall.

Ensure the shower floor has a per foot pre slope slope before application of any materials. Don t just start putting tiles at random or such stuff. Use a wooden straight edge to level finished cement over shower curb. Mosaic kitchen tiles mosaic wall tiles ceramic floor tiles ceramic wall tiles wood floor tiles porcelain floor tiles kitchen floor tiles kitchen wall tiles bathroom floor tiles bathroom wall tiles outdoor floor tiles hexagon wall tiles more.

This diy video how to tile shower curb step by step shows how to tile shower curb properly step by step in details. Some showers have grout lines that carry up from the floor over the curb across the shower floor and then up the walls. The wall tiles should overlap the floor. Asthetically i can t really see any difference.

It include design considerations measur. So what s there in your strategy book. It seems if the tile from the curb came last then water would be stopped a little better. Use a chicken wire for floating cement over shower curb.

Mark the curb accordingly. And that can t happen if the wall tiles are already installed.