TILE A SHOWER WALL---TUTORIAL
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ย. 2024
- There are many different ways to tile a shower wall. One of the most common questions I get is, "do you tile the wall or floor first in a shower?" In my experience, and the way I was taught, is to tile the walls first while stacking off a stick nailed to the wall. Then tile the floor, then lastly add the cut tile between the floor and wall. Another way it could be done would be to tile the floor first, then tile the walls. The problem with that is you could damage the floor tile as you are working on the walls. Also, shower floors may not be perfectly flat and level, making it difficult to stack the wall tile on the uneven shower floor tile.
I also get the question, "how do you layout wall tile for a shower?". Depending on the size and shape of the tile there could be different methods. But the most popular size today is a 12x24 porcelain tile, laid either in a horizontal or brick pattern. In this video, I show an easy way to lay out the tiles, using what is called a "story pole". This way, it is easy to check the layout of the 12x24 porcelain tiles in the shower itself without trying to remember fractions of an inch off of a tape measure. Since 12x24 is a nominal size (actual size will be something like11-13/16"x 23-5/8"), and grout joint width needs to be added, a story pole can make things much simpler. It is also important to make sure that the layout has a full tile is at the ceiling, and not a small or sliver cut.
If you would like to see other videos in this series, you can see the entire playlist here: • Shower For Beau
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I hope these videos find you well, and ready for a challenge. Many of us are builders, do'ers, and dreamers. If this is you these videos will be right for you. Keep on keepin' on, and I'll see you on the next video!
To avoid mortar in your grout line don't push your tile and close your grout line but lay your tile up against the other tiles and push away. You can close your ridges at the same time. I been installing for 15+years but after installing over 3000 feet alone, 12×24 with square edges, I perfected the method. Thank you for the tips.
That's simply amazing and makes a lot of sense. Thank you for that tip!
I doubt you will read this Coach but me and my wife been watching all your videos on repeat. I'm a Contractor but this is my first tile job. Nobody around here does it right or wants to learn the correct way. These videos are gonna save our asses. We are a young couple we built this house for our growing family by ourselves with all our savings and the only reason our bathroom will be what we wanted is bc of guys like you. Thank you for making these videos.If I could shake your hand and say thank you I would.
Thank you for your note! And I would like to shake your hand someday
Despite the men in my life telling me I shouldn't attempt to tile my shower, after watching your videos I am confident I CAN tile my shower and do it well. Thanks for helping us.
me, a woman who lays tile for a living, reading this comment
You can do it!
I done my kitchen backsplash perfectly, working with tiles for the first time ever in my early seventies. You can do it!
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How did it go?
So short story. I went to re-caulk my bathtub about 6 or 7 weeks ago (just moved into my new house last year), and as I removed the old caulking, tiles started popping off the wall. One thing led to another and I'm now in the middle of a full-blown remodel of my bathroom (even took out the floor and exterior wall).
The last thing I expected was to find Isaac and think, wow somebody made me really genuinely appreciate incredible tile craftsmanship. Not only are you an incredible tradesman but you're also a legitimately good coach. Thanks again for all the awesome tips you've really helped remove a lot of the anxiety of building my first shower. Did my pan liner test yesterday confidently after watching your videos and boom, waterproof. Tiling soon. Thanks!!
The best way to secure the support stick to the wall is with a few dabs of hot glue to glue it to the wall and then wedge a few support sticks underneath the stick to the floor. A support stick on either end and one in the middle is usually enough. This is the best way to do it especially if you have the kerdi system or other waterproof membrane where you cant pierce it with nails or screws. Afterwards the sticks comes off fairly easily and you can get the hot glue off the membrane carefully with a scraper without damaging it.
The best way is to not use one in the first place. I never did understand why people do that...
@@billymacktexasdetective5827 The reason its used it because its alot easier to run the tiles up from a prefectly level line rather than starting from the floor where many times its not perfectly level and also many times the bottom row of tiles need to be cut. You just install all the full tiles then next day remove the support stick cut and install the tiles on the bottom row etc etc it just makes things alot easier and cleaner
@@billymacktexasdetective5827 Also I forgot to add usually you want to run the wall tile over the floor tile but its not a good idea to install the floor tile first, then the wall tile because you dont want to be working over freshly installed floor tile and risk dropping something and damaging the floor etc. Using the support stick you can get all the wall tile installed, then install the floor tile, then install the last row of wall tile around the floor. Basically there are many reasons and benefits for using the support stick.
@@lomparti I stand by what I said. I don't give 2 shits if the floor is unlevel or any of the other "reasons" you state. I set wall tile on top of the floor tile, like any rational person would and I install them perfectly level. Then I run right up the wall. But if someone can't cut a wall tile to conform to the floor, they should probably find a different line of work. This method is unnecessary and a waste of time...
@@lomparti heard of cardboard?
You did a great job. I love that you don’t make it about being entertaining, it is not the point, it is educational (you were on point btw). Some construction hosts try to add their “flair” and character and it usually comes off as intrusive, diverting focus. You are a good teacher, linear and not overly explanatory. I really appreciate that. It’s refreshing.
Wow, this all seems harder at first, but then I remember my first shower and how frustrating it was because of those exact details you mentioned. I'm literally days away from doing another and was about to make all the same mistakes. Love this video. Great timing. Thanks Coach.
This is one of the best tile layout and install videos I've seen. Some great tips for the weekend warrior to get pro results.
No it's not. Back butter your tiles and use a leveling system or you're going to get a shit result.
Your tile work is always so meticulous while training us, all without taking up a ton of extra time! Well done brother! We appreciate it!
HE NEED TO USE CLICK LEVELING SYSTEM, NO ONE CAN INSTALL TILE EVEN WITHOUT THOSE
As a man thats always been excited and happy to learn a new craft. Its nice to see someone so ambitious and passionate about what they do. Guaranteed his customers are always happy with the end result. Salute brother
I'm experienced with the four-inch ceramic tile I want to put in a walk-in shower this sping however my last job was thirty years ago and the wife wants to hire a pro. Today she caught me watching your videos and yes I got the look. lol
Refreshing to watch a guy who knows what he is doing. Also, excellent production and good pace and edits. Thanks for sharing your knowledge
I have started tiling again after being out of the renos business for 10 + years. Your videos are great for explaining all the new methods and products out there. We are a long way from the 12”x12” I used to install. Thank you for sharing your knowledge! And again great videos
After successfully tiling two bathrooms I wish I’d seen this first. Every problem I wrestled with is minimized with your tricks of the trade. Fortunately my tiling turned out great but it would have been faster and easier. I’m starting my third bathroom now. I’m thankful for your help.
Thank you tile coach, I gained a lot of important tricks of the trade from you, and that means a lot because I’m a guy who did everything on my own house, built it all myself but It helps to gain smarts from people who do it every day. Thank you so much, Steve
Just found your channel about a month ago. Absolutely love it. I moved from Sacramento 3 years ago to Kentucky. Doing a bathroom remodel and you have saved my so much time and money. Thank you and stay safe out there.
Nothing like a newly tiled shower, along with being first one in it😉
Nice job & again; very nice for everyone involved in giving Beau a new shower👍🏻
Cheers
Excellent tutorial. I like how you explain why you’re doing it the way that you are without being cocky about it like a lot of the how-to videos out there. Thank you.
Two of your tips I truly appreciate: 1. Squeezing the tiles together and then cleaning the excess thin set 2. Scribing the tile by marking the back side at the grout line. Thank you.
Efficient + Neat + Optimal techniques + Best tools + Top shelf materials + Accuracy + Precision + Professionalism + Conscientious = Perfection!!
This guy is a true craftsman. Love his dedication to the trade.
Man, excellent video and thank you, this is exactly what I needed. Remodeling my bathroom all the way down from replacing the subfloor. The tiling was the most anxiety inducing part but following these steps gave me an almost PERFECT level on my first try. Keep up the great work!
Amazing, clear advice. Your process of starting from the second row up makes so much sense. I'm a cabinet maker and when I learned about story poles many years ago it made my layouts so much simpler. Thanks for the education!
Best tile teacher around. Thanks for your detailed explanations!
Excellence!!! I love seeing a man take pride in his work and do it with perfection.
I really like that you actually cover the nail hole with kerdi band (or kerdi fix). Nice work!
I’m not a tiler, but I’m embarking on my first tiled walk in shower. I have 2 questions...#1 wouldn’t you want to set the floor tile first, so the wall tiles would “overlap” the floor tiles? For water runoff purposes. #2 instead of puncturing the waterproofing membrane, can I use the story pole method, cut the bottom coarse to fit, and let it set up, and build from there? You were only missing that bottom coarse when you did the wall. One coarse. You could have started with the bottom coarse then, and waited to finish the top coarse from what I watched.
All in all, professional work!! Thanks for the video, much appreciated
It is so refreshing to have someone showing people how to do something the right way, to the best of their ability in the trades. I see so many hacks on yt giving very bad "professional" advice. Bloody excellent. I hope your channel keeps growing!
I'm not a builder but I'm looking forward to tiling my house when I get on the property ladder....knowledge is power thanks for sharing 👍
I like your work. I'm sure you help a lot of people by doing skilled craftsman work. I'm a plumber and have been doing plumbing for 49 years and still going. I myself don't use plastic shower drains. I'm old school so I like using cast iron shower drains with the brass ring in the middle for clamping down the shower pan. This style shower drain has been around 70 plus years....
It's been around for a while, but cast iron doesn't age well compared to newer materials. That's why every tiler on TH-cam switches out the old cast iron ones for an updated drain assembly. But, I do get using a product for a long time, only to have so many others switch to another style, while you wonder why. lol
Learned a lifetime's worth of tricks in 1/2 hour. Thanks so much!
I finished all my diy work for foreseeable future yet I still find my self watching these videos 😆. Full of nuggets of information, top job dude!
I"d been installing tile on and off for a few years, and I just found this channel on youtube, I had to subscribe, this guys work is phenomenal, his work is just so meticulous and spot on, keep up the good work 👌did anybody see he didnt even use leveling clips? because his walls were all plumb, thats how a tile job should be done.
We had never tiled a wall before, but we followed this video and got fantastic results in our bathroom! Thank you!
Awesome presentation. I'm a carpenter of over 35 years and it always boils down to proper sequence to obtain the better outcome in the end. I'm about to tile my shower in the next month and this is going to get a bookmark for me to follow your advice. Thanks!
Some great tips. I was taught 35 years ago to make a gauge rod (story pole) and still to this day make them for almost every job. And for battens, instead of using timber, i use my old out of level but still straight spirit levels and use batten stands, or, i also have loads of different length Unistrut on my van. Great tutorial! Cheers
At the end of the day mostly only a fellow setter will appreciate how flat those walls are. Nicely done.
Negative.
While I have not set a single tile so far, I do have a project pending and can tell you a lil OCD leads to plenty of appreciation of this meticulous work too! 😂
Great video. I wish everyone cared about their work as much as you care about yours!
Following this all the way from Ethiopia! Great job Issac
Second video I watched of you… Congratulations! You are a great coach and a true subject matter expert at the master skill level. Your delivery and explanations are clear, understood, and demonstrate much experience. Thank you.
As a carpenter- I wholeheartedly approve of a story pole- great for laying out shingles or siding too!
Absolute craftsmanship!
Nice to see you take as much pride in your Fitness as you do your Tiling.🇨🇦🇺🇸
If you witnessed the hell I went through attempting to tile my shower today, you would understand why I am seeking compensation for this video not being released yesterday! My apologies.
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If you haven't already, a video of the pluming, squaring and truing of the walls would make a valuable video.
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Wish I had watched these video tips before tackling my shower. Walls were a mess and as you mentioned the ceiling was way off. Thanks drywall guys. These videos would have made the job a lot easier with less stress. Please keep the great tips coming.
Hey Isaac! Quick tile tip for ya... If you wash your hands with regular vinegar after a day of work it'll really help with nasty thinset hands. I hope that helps ya👍
Really?? Cool! I just checked my left hand and it’s noticeably different. Never looked before! I’ll try that vinegar thing and maybe the wife will notice!
Thanks. Lots of tips for my tile project next week!
or you could try wearing dishwashing gloves.
So thankful for your videos. Doing my first full bath renovation for a customer and looking forward to using what I’ve been learning from you.
How did it come out?
@@Onelovej heard that he switched career.
Haven't watched this vid yet but I coulda used it 5 hours ago. I tiled a shower wall today for the first time.
I first want to say I’ve been doing home construction and remodeling for 30+ years which makes me hate you!!! LOL not really being a firm believer in that if your not learning your dead to see such a young craftsman who is extremely professional and knowledgeable that is obviously concerned with quality first! Your testing of different products and flood testing procedures really help guys like my self keep up with the latest trends and I’ve learned some really great tips…thanks for taking time to teach these valuable lessons to myself and adding some really good educational videos for the general public! Thanks and god bless you!
One of the best tutorials I've seen, Thanks for your time and effort, Mike from Australia
ThankYou for the Tips! I'm a Retired Sparky and have a done a few tile jobs, so still learning
Excellent work and some really great tips! One suggestion though, it would be great if you could list the products you're using in the video description.
Nothing wrong with this video. Nice post and informative. Thanks for sharing 👍
I loved this the video it was very helpful thanks Coach keep it up
Great video, thanks. I must admire your dexterity and skill, at 19:00, when you are balancing a 12x24 tile in one hand while making marks with the other, 7 feet off the floor, while the mortar is rapidly setting up! I do this by using a scrap piece of Kerdi or even cardboard to make a fake tile, then transfer the measurements to a real one. This before any mortar hits the wall for that row. 🙂
I wish I found your channel before I started my sister’s bathroom! As Valerie said, you’re doing great things! Thank you for your help!😊❤🎉
Most excellent shower tile installation video. Great details regarding tools and execution. Thanks for the tips.
I've been tiling for a long time but your very educating in what you do. I very much appreciate the tips and ideas you bring to the table. I to suffer from the concrete and mortar projects completed in the past and have resorted to wearing viper vinyl gloves which have changed my life. Keep on working buddy and please don't change your quality!!
Issac you and your team reflect a great attitude of excellence and openess teaching the best technique's for doing good work.Thanks for being a great coach!!!!
Hi You are the best on TH-cam Brother! Want to thank you for being very thorough in your presentation and sharing your tips with us all. Be Blessed and stay safe.
I am so grateful for you sharing your expertise! I feel so empowered!
This is essentially how I set tile, but I usually use a 1x4 ledger with blocks under it to hold the weight of the tile.
Always impressed with Issac attention to detail. Thanks, man, for educating peeps!
So just to be clear….
1. Tile back wall first using board to support tiles.
2 Tile side walls next using board to support tiles.
3. Now tile floor
4. Then install remaining wall tiles on top of finished floor so water flows off wall to floor more easily.
Correct????
Thank you so much. These are great logical tips!
Thank you sir! I hope that I can improve my tile installation to be as neat, tidy and flush as yours seems to be. I really appreciate you doing this.
Looks Amazing! That white cementitious looks so nice to set over too!
It looks like that wall preparation is the key to the success. Video about that would be great.
Your showers are a work of art brother
Once again Issac awesome stuff, plumb and square not plumb out of square
I am getting ready to tile my shower with large format tiles and this gave me so much good advice! Thanks for sharing your expertise!!
I've learned so much watching your videos! So many great tips, big and little! Thank you for putting them together and sharing.
I always do floor first then cover it with paper and a piece of drywall or plywood. I have never had the issue of my bottom tile kicking out but I also use the level master wedge system so that helps a lot. I’m surprised you don’t use that system but you probably don’t need to I guess. Your method is very weird to me but hey no judgement, it obviously works.
Great work with some great technology, here in my country we still lack such technology we always come out with excellent work 💪💪
Dude, you are scary good at this!
Great video my friend! I love the way you explained each and every step and why you do it that way.
You are an excellent teacher. This video will be my guide when I tile my kids bathroom.
Thanks a million! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you very much, you have giving me the confidence to install my shower tile!!!
I'm still amazed at how many tilers on youtube get lucky laying large format tiles for your walls instead of 600 3x6 subway tiles in a 1/2 inlay, with a niche and mosaic bordering, WHICH IS ALL I GET! LOL Takes me forever on those shower jobs. I just want 1 of these types of installs. Has to be the fad out west and elsewhere. Being in upper Michigan, subway tiles are still very popular.
I'm gonna start showing my customers Isaac's jobs to talk them into larger format tiles! Lol
Always interesting to see how a tiler approaches a job as apposed to a plumber (my son). We have over the years tiled many bathroom floors and walls including taking over when the original contractor has been kicked off site, also interesting in the use of different terms for tools and adhesives, we are based in England.
You are amazing, and very clear. Thank you so much
Really nice how things are done in a nice orderly fashion. I am getting the worst hack job of a bathroom remodel currently and its too late to go back. I have learned a lot.
This is a great video with clear guidance on tiling a shower. Thanks very much 👍
Great Video!!!! Thanks for all the detail....you even mentioned the grout size!!! Doing my first shower including mud pan on concrete slab. Pre slope mud is down and I’m on my way. Keep the videos comin!!! Thanks again for all the great instruction. “Every day you learn something is a good day”!!!!!
Very helpful. DIY'r here but not my first shower rebuild. Great tips. Thank you.
I appreciate the video. I am building a tile shower for the first time.
This is the bomb, an excellent explanation 'how to tile the walls'. Now I know I can remodel my bathroom :-) Have to see the 'how-to float video' after this first before I really will start ;-)
After binge-watching this expert in both tile and training, I bought prefab corner showers. No way I will attempt to perform all required tasks perfectly like him. No Way!
And a typically leaky tile shower is a disaster.
If I can wait a day or two after doing the first row, does that mean it'll be okay to not start with row 2 since it'll be dried and we wouldn't have the weight of the entire wall sitting on it while it cures?
You are an outstanding teacher.
You are an excellent teacher bud!! You might want to think about getting into that work.
Eres un crack para el tile' i like see you videos you are one of the best
this guy is an amazing coach
Most homes are not made square, so it gets tricky with these big fancy tiles to hide the sloppy building
Yep. Very Frustrating trying to make your work plumb and square when everything else is not
Ehh, just sister most out of plumb studs, then if you need a little extra leveling, I use mortar to screed on the substrate before tiling. Then, you have flat, plumb walls. Similar approach to make corners square. But clearly, the more you do it, the easier and quicker it gets! Isaac is a great tile teacher.
Bigger tiles actually make it easier to hide out of plumb walls
Great work! Always hate how pencil disappears on tile when wet cutting it. Esp shiny tile. Eventually used masking tape and then drew the line on that and works great. Also helps keeps the edge cleaner when cutting it.
This was such a great tutorial - I just learnt how to tile through you so thank you for putting this out there!
Why are these shower videos so interesting?
Crazy is I was just about to start the tile, and I was gonna start from the bottom thinking I probably should start from the 2nd level you help me big time
Watched the end of your video. You scribe the top, and unless it’s crazy unlevel, I like to custom cut bottom. You are prob better than me! Lol. Respect!
Steel studs (HD/Lowes) also work like that support stick. The slight round edges allow for that slight bit of thinset that may build up when setting a tile.
Thank you for sharing. Video is very helpful
Isaac, excellent editing and clear instructions.
Thank you Isaac from Isaac. I really enjoy watching your videos. Thank you for making them. I am hoping to do the tile in the house I am building here in Alberta Canada. I have learned so much from you.