TILE A SHOWER WALL---TUTORIAL
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- There are many different ways to tile a shower wall. One of the most common questions I get is, "do you tile the wall or floor first in a shower?" In my experience, and the way I was taught, is to tile the walls first while stacking off a stick nailed to the wall. Then tile the floor, then lastly add the cut tile between the floor and wall. Another way it could be done would be to tile the floor first, then tile the walls. The problem with that is you could damage the floor tile as you are working on the walls. Also, shower floors may not be perfectly flat and level, making it difficult to stack the wall tile on the uneven shower floor tile.
I also get the question, "how do you layout wall tile for a shower?". Depending on the size and shape of the tile there could be different methods. But the most popular size today is a 12x24 porcelain tile, laid either in a horizontal or brick pattern. In this video, I show an easy way to lay out the tiles, using what is called a "story pole". This way, it is easy to check the layout of the 12x24 porcelain tiles in the shower itself without trying to remember fractions of an inch off of a tape measure. Since 12x24 is a nominal size (actual size will be something like11-13/16"x 23-5/8"), and grout joint width needs to be added, a story pole can make things much simpler. It is also important to make sure that the layout has a full tile is at the ceiling, and not a small or sliver cut.
If you would like to see other videos in this series, you can see the entire playlist here: • Shower For Beau
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I hope these videos find you well, and ready for a challenge. Many of us are builders, do'ers, and dreamers. If this is you these videos will be right for you. Keep on keepin' on, and I'll see you on the next video! 
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I doubt you will read this Coach but me and my wife been watching all your videos on repeat. I'm a Contractor but this is my first tile job. Nobody around here does it right or wants to learn the correct way. These videos are gonna save our asses. We are a young couple we built this house for our growing family by ourselves with all our savings and the only reason our bathroom will be what we wanted is bc of guys like you. Thank you for making these videos.If I could shake your hand and say thank you I would.
Thank you for your note! And I would like to shake your hand someday
Going to try that .
Wow, this all seems harder at first, but then I remember my first shower and how frustrating it was because of those exact details you mentioned. I'm literally days away from doing another and was about to make all the same mistakes. Love this video. Great timing. Thanks Coach.
So short story. I went to re-caulk my bathtub about 6 or 7 weeks ago (just moved into my new house last year), and as I removed the old caulking, tiles started popping off the wall. One thing led to another and I'm now in the middle of a full-blown remodel of my bathroom (even took out the floor and exterior wall).
The last thing I expected was to find Isaac and think, wow somebody made me really genuinely appreciate incredible tile craftsmanship. Not only are you an incredible tradesman but you're also a legitimately good coach. Thanks again for all the awesome tips you've really helped remove a lot of the anxiety of building my first shower. Did my pan liner test yesterday confidently after watching your videos and boom, waterproof. Tiling soon. Thanks!!
This is one of the best tile layout and install videos I've seen. Some great tips for the weekend warrior to get pro results.
No it's not. Back butter your tiles and use a leveling system or you're going to get a shit result.
You did a great job. I love that you don’t make it about being entertaining, it is not the point, it is educational (you were on point btw). Some construction hosts try to add their “flair” and character and it usually comes off as intrusive, diverting focus. You are a good teacher, linear and not overly explanatory. I really appreciate that. It’s refreshing.
I have started tiling again after being out of the renos business for 10 + years. Your videos are great for explaining all the new methods and products out there. We are a long way from the 12”x12” I used to install. Thank you for sharing your knowledge! And again great videos
The best way to secure the support stick to the wall is with a few dabs of hot glue to glue it to the wall and then wedge a few support sticks underneath the stick to the floor. A support stick on either end and one in the middle is usually enough. This is the best way to do it especially if you have the kerdi system or other waterproof membrane where you cant pierce it with nails or screws. Afterwards the sticks comes off fairly easily and you can get the hot glue off the membrane carefully with a scraper without damaging it.
The best way is to not use one in the first place. I never did understand why people do that...
@@billymacktexasdetective5827 The reason its used it because its alot easier to run the tiles up from a prefectly level line rather than starting from the floor where many times its not perfectly level and also many times the bottom row of tiles need to be cut. You just install all the full tiles then next day remove the support stick cut and install the tiles on the bottom row etc etc it just makes things alot easier and cleaner
@@billymacktexasdetective5827 Also I forgot to add usually you want to run the wall tile over the floor tile but its not a good idea to install the floor tile first, then the wall tile because you dont want to be working over freshly installed floor tile and risk dropping something and damaging the floor etc. Using the support stick you can get all the wall tile installed, then install the floor tile, then install the last row of wall tile around the floor. Basically there are many reasons and benefits for using the support stick.
@@lomparti I stand by what I said. I don't give 2 shits if the floor is unlevel or any of the other "reasons" you state. I set wall tile on top of the floor tile, like any rational person would and I install them perfectly level. Then I run right up the wall. But if someone can't cut a wall tile to conform to the floor, they should probably find a different line of work. This method is unnecessary and a waste of time...
@@lomparti heard of cardboard?
I'm experienced with the four-inch ceramic tile I want to put in a walk-in shower this sping however my last job was thirty years ago and the wife wants to hire a pro. Today she caught me watching your videos and yes I got the look. lol
Refreshing to watch a guy who knows what he is doing. Also, excellent production and good pace and edits. Thanks for sharing your knowledge
As a man thats always been excited and happy to learn a new craft. Its nice to see someone so ambitious and passionate about what they do. Guaranteed his customers are always happy with the end result. Salute brother
After successfully tiling two bathrooms I wish I’d seen this first. Every problem I wrestled with is minimized with your tricks of the trade. Fortunately my tiling turned out great but it would have been faster and easier. I’m starting my third bathroom now. I’m thankful for your help.
Man, excellent video and thank you, this is exactly what I needed. Remodeling my bathroom all the way down from replacing the subfloor. The tiling was the most anxiety inducing part but following these steps gave me an almost PERFECT level on my first try. Keep up the great work!
Nothing like a newly tiled shower, along with being first one in it😉
Nice job & again; very nice for everyone involved in giving Beau a new shower👍🏻
Cheers
Thank you tile coach, I gained a lot of important tricks of the trade from you, and that means a lot because I’m a guy who did everything on my own house, built it all myself but It helps to gain smarts from people who do it every day. Thank you so much, Steve
I'm not a builder but I'm looking forward to tiling my house when I get on the property ladder....knowledge is power thanks for sharing 👍
I really like that you actually cover the nail hole with kerdi band (or kerdi fix). Nice work!
I’m not a tiler, but I’m embarking on my first tiled walk in shower. I have 2 questions...#1 wouldn’t you want to set the floor tile first, so the wall tiles would “overlap” the floor tiles? For water runoff purposes. #2 instead of puncturing the waterproofing membrane, can I use the story pole method, cut the bottom coarse to fit, and let it set up, and build from there? You were only missing that bottom coarse when you did the wall. One coarse. You could have started with the bottom coarse then, and waited to finish the top coarse from what I watched.
All in all, professional work!! Thanks for the video, much appreciated
Best tile teacher around. Thanks for your detailed explanations!
Awesome presentation. I'm a carpenter of over 35 years and it always boils down to proper sequence to obtain the better outcome in the end. I'm about to tile my shower in the next month and this is going to get a bookmark for me to follow your advice. Thanks!
Amazing, clear advice. Your process of starting from the second row up makes so much sense. I'm a cabinet maker and when I learned about story poles many years ago it made my layouts so much simpler. Thanks for the education!
I like your work. I'm sure you help a lot of people by doing skilled craftsman work. I'm a plumber and have been doing plumbing for 49 years and still going. I myself don't use plastic shower drains. I'm old school so I like using cast iron shower drains with the brass ring in the middle for clamping down the shower pan. This style shower drain has been around 70 plus years....
It's been around for a while, but cast iron doesn't age well compared to newer materials. That's why every tiler on RUclips switches out the old cast iron ones for an updated drain assembly. But, I do get using a product for a long time, only to have so many others switch to another style, while you wonder why. lol
Excellent work and some really great tips! One suggestion though, it would be great if you could list the products you're using in the video description.
It is so refreshing to have someone showing people how to do something the right way, to the best of their ability in the trades. I see so many hacks on yt giving very bad "professional" advice. Bloody excellent. I hope your channel keeps growing!
Some great tips. I was taught 35 years ago to make a gauge rod (story pole) and still to this day make them for almost every job. And for battens, instead of using timber, i use my old out of level but still straight spirit levels and use batten stands, or, i also have loads of different length Unistrut on my van. Great tutorial! Cheers
Following this all the way from Ethiopia! Great job Issac
Learned a lifetime's worth of tricks in 1/2 hour. Thanks so much!
I"d been installing tile on and off for a few years, and I just found this channel on youtube, I had to subscribe, this guys work is phenomenal, his work is just so meticulous and spot on, keep up the good work 👌did anybody see he didnt even use leveling clips? because his walls were all plumb, thats how a tile job should be done.
Efficient + Neat + Optimal techniques + Best tools + Top shelf materials + Accuracy + Precision + Professionalism + Conscientious = Perfection!!
Nice to see you take as much pride in your Fitness as you do your Tiling.🇨🇦🇺🇸
Absolute craftsmanship!
Wish I had watched these video tips before tackling my shower. Walls were a mess and as you mentioned the ceiling was way off. Thanks drywall guys. These videos would have made the job a lot easier with less stress. Please keep the great tips coming.
Two of your tips I truly appreciate: 1. Squeezing the tiles together and then cleaning the excess thin set 2. Scribing the tile by marking the back side at the grout line. Thank you.
Second video I watched of you… Congratulations! You are a great coach and a true subject matter expert at the master skill level. Your delivery and explanations are clear, understood, and demonstrate much experience. Thank you.
So thankful for your videos. Doing my first full bath renovation for a customer and looking forward to using what I’ve been learning from you.
How did it come out?
@@Onelovej heard that he switched career.
One of the best tutorials I've seen, Thanks for your time and effort, Mike from Australia
It looks like that wall preparation is the key to the success. Video about that would be great.
Great video, thanks. I must admire your dexterity and skill, at 19:00, when you are balancing a 12x24 tile in one hand while making marks with the other, 7 feet off the floor, while the mortar is rapidly setting up! I do this by using a scrap piece of Kerdi or even cardboard to make a fake tile, then transfer the measurements to a real one. This before any mortar hits the wall for that row. 🙂
I wish I found your channel before I started my sister’s bathroom! As Valerie said, you’re doing great things! Thank you for your help!😊❤🎉
Nothing wrong with this video. Nice post and informative. Thanks for sharing 👍
Hey Isaac! Quick tile tip for ya... If you wash your hands with regular vinegar after a day of work it'll really help with nasty thinset hands. I hope that helps ya👍
Really?? Cool! I just checked my left hand and it’s noticeably different. Never looked before! I’ll try that vinegar thing and maybe the wife will notice!
Thanks. Lots of tips for my tile project next week!
or you could try wearing dishwashing gloves.
Most excellent shower tile installation video. Great details regarding tools and execution. Thanks for the tips.
Thank you sir! I hope that I can improve my tile installation to be as neat, tidy and flush as yours seems to be. I really appreciate you doing this.
Dude, you are scary good at this!
I've learned so much watching your videos! So many great tips, big and little! Thank you for putting them together and sharing.
Great work with some great technology, here in my country we still lack such technology we always come out with excellent work 💪💪
If you haven't already, a video of the pluming, squaring and truing of the walls would make a valuable video.
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I loved this the video it was very helpful thanks Coach keep it up
I am so grateful for you sharing your expertise! I feel so empowered!
Most homes are not made square, so it gets tricky with these big fancy tiles to hide the sloppy building
Yep. Very Frustrating trying to make your work plumb and square when everything else is not
Ehh, just sister most out of plumb studs, then if you need a little extra leveling, I use mortar to screed on the substrate before tiling. Then, you have flat, plumb walls. Similar approach to make corners square. But clearly, the more you do it, the easier and quicker it gets! Isaac is a great tile teacher.
Bigger tiles actually make it easier to hide out of plumb walls
I've been tiling for a long time but your very educating in what you do. I very much appreciate the tips and ideas you bring to the table. I to suffer from the concrete and mortar projects completed in the past and have resorted to wearing viper vinyl gloves which have changed my life. Keep on working buddy and please don't change your quality!!
Really nice how things are done in a nice orderly fashion. I am getting the worst hack job of a bathroom remodel currently and its too late to go back. I have learned a lot.
This is a great video with clear guidance on tiling a shower. Thanks very much 👍
I always do floor first then cover it with paper and a piece of drywall or plywood. I have never had the issue of my bottom tile kicking out but I also use the level master wedge system so that helps a lot. I’m surprised you don’t use that system but you probably don’t need to I guess. Your method is very weird to me but hey no judgement, it obviously works.
You are an outstanding teacher.
Thank you very much, you have giving me the confidence to install my shower tile!!!
Great work! Always hate how pencil disappears on tile when wet cutting it. Esp shiny tile. Eventually used masking tape and then drew the line on that and works great. Also helps keeps the edge cleaner when cutting it.
Looks Amazing! That white cementitious looks so nice to set over too!
Great Video!!!! Thanks for all the detail....you even mentioned the grout size!!! Doing my first shower including mud pan on concrete slab. Pre slope mud is down and I’m on my way. Keep the videos comin!!! Thanks again for all the great instruction. “Every day you learn something is a good day”!!!!!
You are amazing, and very clear. Thank you so much
Why are these shower videos so interesting?
Very helpful. DIY'r here but not my first shower rebuild. Great tips. Thank you.
Great video my friend! I love the way you explained each and every step and why you do it that way.
You are an excellent teacher. This video will be my guide when I tile my kids bathroom.
Thanks a million! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Issac you and your team reflect a great attitude of excellence and openess teaching the best technique's for doing good work.Thanks for being a great coach!!!!
If you witnessed the hell I went through attempting to tile my shower today, you would understand why I am seeking compensation for this video not being released yesterday! My apologies.
😂😂😂
Lmao
So just to be clear….
1. Tile back wall first using board to support tiles.
2 Tile side walls next using board to support tiles.
3. Now tile floor
4. Then install remaining wall tiles on top of finished floor so water flows off wall to floor more easily.
Correct????
Thank you so much. These are great logical tips!
Thank you Isaac from Isaac. I really enjoy watching your videos. Thank you for making them. I am hoping to do the tile in the house I am building here in Alberta Canada. I have learned so much from you.
Watched the end of your video. You scribe the top, and unless it’s crazy unlevel, I like to custom cut bottom. You are prob better than me! Lol. Respect!
This guys lectures are so cool and through, he should get tenure at Harvard. One question, does the same principles apply, as to doing the second layer first, then coming bat to do the skirt course? I will assume yes. Thanks!
this guy is an amazing coach
Isaac, excellent editing and clear instructions.
Eres un crack para el tile' i like see you videos you are one of the best
Crazy is I was just about to start the tile, and I was gonna start from the bottom thinking I probably should start from the 2nd level you help me big time
Hi Coach Thanks so much for sharing your expertise and Knowledge , some awesome tips for the beginner , a huge hi from Perth Australia
Thank you for your instruction through this beautiful coursework. My thoughts about your hand: scars can heal given the correct conditions. A physical therapist told me movement is the main thing. Upon observing how my scars respond to my treatments I would say that message is deeply true.
This was such a great tutorial - I just learnt how to tile through you so thank you for putting this out there!
Super great explanation! Lots of details
Nice. Today I learnt new things. Thanks!
This is essentially how I set tile, but I usually use a 1x4 ledger with blocks under it to hold the weight of the tile.
Always impressed with Issac attention to detail. Thanks, man, for educating peeps!
Great video. Love the story pole idea. Use it for siding on a house, now I see the advantage for tile!
To avoid mortar in your grout line don't push your tile and close your grout line but lay your tile up against the other tiles and push away. You can close your ridges at the same time. I been installing for 15+years but after installing over 3000 feet alone, 12×24 with square edges, I perfected the method. Thank you for the tips.
That's simply amazing and makes a lot of sense. Thank you for that tip!
Amazing vid. So many little yet important tips and tricks. Thanks for sharing your knowledge dude!
Very good video. Very informative was exactly what I was looking for for my first time tiling. Thanks!
Dude love your videos man. Your very informative and seen to be knowledgeable. Can't wait to see more videos
Do you have a video of when floated out the walls? Interested to see.
Very knowledgeable,thank you for the Lessons.
Wow 40 minutes that's impressive actually - very interesting.
Thank you for sharing. Video is very helpful
If I can wait a day or two after doing the first row, does that mean it'll be okay to not start with row 2 since it'll be dried and we wouldn't have the weight of the entire wall sitting on it while it cures?
Thanks for the video. Can I ask a few questions.
1. What are your thoughts on laying the first row on the main wall and then carrying on to finish the side walls and building up, to eliminate any issues Vs main wall first and then side walls as you're showing.
2. You are leaving a gap on the edge of the wall that looks straight. If the top width of the wall is different to the bottom width, how do you keep the line uniform. This is critical to maintain a vertical edge down.
3. What are your thoughts on shluter edging to deal with the above
Another Awesome video and incredible detail in your work! Dave - BDI Remodeling Chicago
You are doing a great job with your instructions. Thanks!
Thanks for paving the way for us to learn! Bless you for that! I really appreciate your video here. Wish Me luck on tiling this shower!
Thank you very much. Great video. Helped heaps
Great job, helpful and to the point for us amatuers.
Fantastic video. This will help a great deal.
Great video man I'm taking notes
It’s great how you’ve measured that out but, how did it work out for the window and door?
he won't show that part :) lol
Good video. Thank you to share your experience and knowledge.
Tile Coach: Don't need to back butter
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I always back butter. However now with the new Keraflex I Can tell I won’t have to anymore. Probably still will do with stone tile
What thinset is he using with the 40 minute open time?
I scratch in mud before I trowel and also back butter every time. Reason being is how hot or humid it is try it some time in a test. You know how the bag gives you x amount of working time per product ? Troll it on wait a little bit as is starts to crust over time it. Then flat trowel and then trowel and look at the time it’s takes to crust over. Huge difference in time for when it’s hot and dries too fast. I see a lot of guys setting of mud on a run that is already too far gone so the bond would be less than ideal. Works especially well on long runs on floors vs a shower you not going far on anyway