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How to Tile a Shower?

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A tiled shower adds beauty and durability and value to your home, and you can tile your shower all by yourself. There are several things you need to do to properly prepare a leak-proof shower. If you are tiling a shower for the first time, consult with a general contractor before starting the job. Use a hole saw with a carbide bit to cut the holes where the shower head and handles would come through.


Make the cement board flush with the tile lip of your shower pan by using shims behind the board to bring it out to the desired thickness. Make sure to use composite shims. Use 100% silicone caulk to seal the seams between the panels and then apply the silicone behind the board on the stud. Add some seam tape between the panels as well.


Lay the drywall. If using crown molding near the ceiling, lay down 12 to 18 inches (30.5 to 45.7 cm) of drywall instead of cement board. Nails used to fix the crown molding in place will not travel through the cement backer; you’ll need to use moisture-resistant drywall such as greenboard in order to take the nails and affix the molding.


Feather any edges with seam tape and thin set mortar where the backer board meets the wallboard. If there’s a gap between the backer board and the wallboard, you’ll want to use seam tape and then feather the gap with thin set mortar so that it appears as one continuous back. Remember that the seams must remain tight with gaps 3/16″ or smaller. Paint a water resistant primer over any areas you intend to tile.


After you’ve feathered the edges to remove the gap, apply a high quality water resistant exterior primer over the feathered wallboard and backer. Trowel some thin-set onto the back of the tile and spread it with a notched trowel. This process is called “back buttering.” Apply mortar to the backer board along with back buttering and then set the tiles on top of that. It’s a lot cleaner, too!

Beautiful and clean coexist, bathroom floor tile selection and purchase skills.

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In the bathroom, the home environment is very special. The bathroom floor is bathed in water almost every day, and the moisture is very heavy. So, when doing home decoration, what floor tiles are in the bathroom?

Generally, the mosaic tiles with high quality have low water absorption rate, so that they can quickly dry. If the floor tiles does not indicate the water absorption rate, the tea or water drops can be used on the back of the tiles, and the diffusion degree of the water drops will be inspected a few minutes later, the less water absorbs, which means that the water absorption rate is low and the quality is better.

After heat expansion and contraction, the medallion tiles with high water absorption rate will cause the crack of the tiles surface and the whole wall floor tiles, and the decoration of the northern area bathroom in the four seasons is more important to pay attention to this problem.

 

When choosing bathroom floor tiles with high texture density, when choosing tiles, you can observe whether the tiles surface is smooth, and whether there are pinholes of uneven thickness. At the same time, you can knock the tiles to hear whether the voice is crisp, which indicates that the has high density and good hardness. Such bathroom cabinet are laid in bathroom space, it is not easy to damage, but also easy to maintain and clean.

The choice between the shower, toilet and the basin is dry and wet. It can be well divided by different materials and varieties of bathroom basin, so that they can not interfere with each other, avoid the past kind of splash. This is one of the most common decoration methods in foreign countries.

The color of toilet is first selected according to the overall style of the bathroom, followed by the color that one likes. For most of the small space bathroom, the color of bathroom tiles is the best choice for light colored tiles, not black or dark. Light color can reflect the effect of sight from the light, making the bathroom look more spacious and bright. When choosing bathroom tiles, place tiles on the same color and pattern from outside 0.8m.

Bathroom floor tile specifications are more common size 300mm*300mm, bathtub water absorption rate is generally around 1%. The decoration materials for the wall and floor of the bathroom are glazed tiles,polished tiles and mosaic tiles. The specifications for bara tiles are 300 x 300mm and 330 x 330mm. The bathroom space is smaller than the living space, and the corners are many. Try not to use the large marble porcelain tiles. Because big size tiles cutting frequency is high, the waste is bigger, also does not suit the floor drain, the inconvenient ground leveling, causes the waste.

When choosing shower tray, it can be identified by judging the thickness of glaze layer on tiles. The surface of the polished tiles can be scratched with hard objects. If there is scratch, it means that the glaze is not enough. When the thin glaze layer on the tile surface is polished, the tiles surface will be easy to store dirt, and it is difficult to clean up and lack safety. And some floor tiles which no glazed, generally unsuitable for a wet and closed environment, because the pores on the tiles can not absorb water and can not be diverged, and can also lead to the appearance of mould.