Tiling Around A Tub With A Lip

Understand how your bathtub is setup.

Tiling around a tub with a lip.

The dense gray material is very heavy so use the smaller size for replacing tub walls. Affiliate links bosch laser level. I plan to add to 3 8 spacers on the studs at flange area so as to bring the front of the tile flange just back approx. As i was told to do i ran the hardiebacker to just above the lip of the bathtub.

How to tile a tub surround 1. Mark the layout lines webb chappell. 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. This video will show you how to set tile around a tub.

Apply it to the wall with the bottom edge about 1 4 in. The panels are nasty to handle because of their sharp edges so wear. After you are done tiling cut the plastic right at the tile level all the way around. I cover some of the specifics of how to layout and set up a tub to install tile around it.

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. Push plastic under tile gap. Designing kitchens and bathrooms tiling over a bathtub lip i m going to be installing new tile in a bathtub shower. I am tiling a greenboard wall above a bathtub.

With the new cheap plastic tub you pretty much have to caulk the deck to tile transition. I recently replaced my kitchen faucet and used clear silicone sealant around the base to keep water from seeping underneath. Tiling around a tub shower overview gregory nemec. Above the lip of the tub.

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. In this video i show you the entire process of installing tile around a bathtub. 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. 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.