Tiling A Wall Niche

This means removing 1 8 inch of material from the front of the 2 4.

Tiling a wall niche.

Natural pebble stones a niche can be an excellent spot to showcase natural materials such as pebble tile. To ensure this tiling a shower niche is not as simple as it may look like. To keep the look nice and clean make sure that the inset lines up with your tile line so nothing is cut off strangely or awkwardly. They also complement the pebble accent tiles on the shower wall bringing the space together while providing a material contrast to the glass subway tiles too.

So it s just what it sounds like a niche but longer i e. Tips on tiling a shower niche picking a location. If your tile is 1 4 inch thick we recommend using a 1 4 x 1 4 square notched trowel. The rule is 1 4 inch per foot minimum so i usually slope the bottom of the niche 1 8 inch.

This is a large linear niche. This is typically a piece of the main. Tiling a shower niche isn t that bad. And this shower uses the niches to do just that.

The tile line can end right on the niche for a very clean look. One way of doing this is to plane the bottom 2 4 that you install for the niche. Aligning the niche width. Adequate measures must be taken to ensure that there is no leakage from the niche sill into the rest of the wall.

One thing to avoid is a very small tile on one or both sides of a niche. The first step to tiling a shower niche is to add the sill. It s best for tile to be symmetric around a niche. How to tile a shower niche step 1.

Comb thin set on. Design by felipe hess image via leibal. The niche would then be placed on the left wall and vice versa. Does the shower niche need to be waterproofed.

Obviously this would be done prior to installing it. Choices may include using a blue tile edge with white field tile using bardiglio marble with carrara marble or using a glass tile edge with a ceramic tile installation. Aligning niche height and tiles. Today you ll learn how to install two niches.

Use a metal edge. Regardless of the size of your tiles you want them to line up at least with the bottom. Keep the tile dimensions in mind when specifying a niche. A terrific niche or recess starts long before you start troweling thinset on the wall.