Tiling Out Of Plumb Shower Walls

How to deal with out of plumb walls for tile.

Tiling out of plumb shower walls.

If you re tiling directly onto the wall however leveling clips and wedges will force the edges of the. I spent a lot of time trying to straighten these walls. There is only one way to do it right and 1 out of plumb ain t it. Also tile is heavy so put down blankets to protect the floors and tub from being damaged by falling pieces.

I had a guy come over to help me with the tiling and he noticed that the walls were warped a little. If this is not the case then forget i brought it up. Just because the wall is fitted behind the adjacent wall you can remove it either by unscrewing and unwedging it or breaking it out. Nobody wants a tile to fall of the ceiling and hurt someone or crack a shower pan tile.

I was replacing with villaboard and tiling to the ceiling so i wanted the walls dead straight. Lippage can be eliminated on most walls by hanging new drywall or backerboard before tiling. Once it is removed find out why it won t lay flat and correct the framing reinstalling new cbu on the wall to attach your tile. Turned out the walls were out of plumb by around 15mm in the worst places.

His solution was to apply a mixture of thinset and specmix to even out the walls. Also if you re tiling a ceiling in the shower x77 is a fantastic option. I know smaller tiles will not look good but if tiles were larger like would this help mask the problem. Hi i am getting ready to tile the walls around my new bathtub.

Where the shower will go i have taken down the old plasterboard and replaced with hardiebacker board and have already taped the joins. However before starting the tiling i have realised the wall is out of plumb its ok at the bottom for first 300mm but then it bends outwards so the top is out of plumb by about 15mm. This is a dusty job so use plastic to cover your doorways wear a respirator that s rated for dust cover the floor with a drop cloth and make sure there s plenty of ventilation. Begin by removing the old tile or the fiberglass shower wall.

If this is the case you could remove the first course of tile and cut the board above the flange punch the board in and screw it. I hesitate to bring this point up but i think guess your walls are out of plumb because you capped the metal upturn flange of the tub with the cement board. We are doing a remodel and have discovered the wall around a tub shower is out of plumb by 1 2 over 5 feet. If you mix x77 per the directions use the correct trowel size back butter your tiles and use directional troweling your tiles won t slide down the wall.