Tiling Around A Tub With A Lip

I am tiling a greenboard wall above a bathtub.

Tiling around a tub with a lip.

I recently replaced my kitchen faucet and used clear silicone sealant around the base to keep water from seeping underneath. 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. As i was told to do i ran the hardiebacker to just above the lip of the bathtub. Designing kitchens and bathrooms tiling over a bathtub lip i m going to be installing new tile in a bathtub shower.

I understand that the greenboard must be above the lip of the bathtub not overlapping or underlapping however using this method will create a 1 gap the length of the lip between the top of the tub minus the lip and the beginning of the drywall. The panels are nasty to handle because of their sharp edges so wear. This video will show you how to set tile around a tub. Then apply a generous amount of thin set to the bottom bathtub tile and position it 1 8 in.

With the new cheap plastic tub you pretty much have to caulk the deck to tile transition. The best approach when installing cement board or other tile backer around a tub is to keep the cement board out of the lip area. Push plastic under tile gap. Affiliate links bosch laser level.

1 8 from the front edge of the densshield by the way the tub manufacturer oceania in quebec is adamant about no mechanical fasteners in or above the tile flange only silicone to the studs painters tape the. Divide the dimension in half and make a mark there. After you are done tiling cut the plastic right at the tile level all the way around. The ideal underlayment for ceramic tile is cement backerboard which comes in 1 4 and 1 2 inch thick panels measuring 3 x 5 feet and 4 x 8 feet.

Understand how your bathtub is setup. Note that on curved tub deck you might have to be 1 16 of an inch on some parts and much bigger on others. How to tile a tub surround 1. The dense gray material is very heavy so use the smaller size for replacing tub walls.

Tiling around a tub shower overview gregory nemec. Apply it to the wall with the bottom edge about 1 4 in. Mark the layout lines webb chappell. I cover some of the specifics of how to layout and set up a tub to install tile around it.