How To Tile A Shower Base

Actually learning how to tile a shower base is not really much different than getting tile on the floor in the rest of the bathroom. It is on a slope as inspection of any tile shower will show. Other some fitting around drain and walls the laying of the tile is quite simple.

What is not simple at all is getting the base in place to put the tile on. Looking at a finished tile shower floor is deceiving. The working parts of the shower are mostly buried and that makes it tricky to see what's going on in a shower.

Tile a shower without the proper base and you get real trouble.

You can choose tile ready shower pans and by just setting the base in place you get a presloped base for tile that will make for a simple installation. However the so-called ready to tile shower bases come in several varieties and in fact just putting the base down and getting the drain hooked up is not really all that simple in many cases. It seems that you really need more hands to get it all done than what you have. Installing the ready to tile bases is one of those tasks that goes a lot better after you've done it three times. The only problem is you may not want to do it three times!

In most cases shower bases are put together with mortar.

You must know that most tiles are not really waterproof.

Most grout is not waterproof either.

Masonry materials used to build bases aren't waterproof either.

As a result there must be something put in a base that will stop the water.

The Scoop On How To Tile A Shower Base

What gets used to stop the water is a single layer of PVC sheet.

That sheet sandwiched between two sloped layers of mortar is what stops the water is a shower base and what makes up the base for the tile shower floor.

Seeing how to tile a shower base is necessary to get the parts and pieces where they need to be and installed in such a way that the base will stop water and make a stable platform for floor tile installation.