Written on January 25, 2011 at 10:07 pm by Power Tool Team

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How to Set up Bathtub Tiles

Bath tiles are commonly used in homes to protect the bathroom walls from water penetration or other elements like accumulations of mildew on wet walls, spoiled paint or crumbling cements due to water. Tiles are good substitute for plastic or fiberglass tub surround units. Bathtubs that have shower installed, these tiles work well for those. Installing bath tiles is not that tough but it requires some idea about how things work and usage of appropriate cutting tools like wet saw etc.

Required Items

-   Diamond-tipped hole saw
-   Sponge
-   Grout
-   Variable-speed drill
-   Screwdriver
-   Mastic trowel
-   Chalk box
-   Carpenter's level
-   Wet saw
-   Mastic
-   Grout float

Steps

1. Take a measure from top of the bathtub on one corner. Mark the height of the tile on wall. Repeat the process on the other side of the bathtub corner. Tiles are available in different geometric shapes square, rectangular etc. If you have rectangular tiles, decide which measurement you will take as its height.

2. Join the one mark with another with a chalk line. Measure the space between the bathtub and the marked line at different places to check whether the space remains the same or not. If the space varies select the shortest measurement. This measurement will be the size of the tiles to be cut.

3. Locate the center of the wall and mark that point. Place a carpenter's level on it vertically. Stretch a line along the carpenter's level. Take a wet saw and cut a first row of tiles with it. Before applying mastic to the wall, read the manual carefully and follow the instructions strictly.

4. Position the first tile in the center along the marked line. Take it as a guiding tile; add tiles on either the sides of the first tile. You may have to cut the tiles for the corners. Keep adding tiles and mastic to the walls properly.

5. Cover the opposite walls as well with tiles. In the end, use bull-nose tiles to finish off the last column.

6. Take the bathtub spout away by turning it in an anti-clock wise direction. Take the caps away to locate the screws holding the handles. Take screwdriver and unfasten the screws and eventually remove the handles. Follow the same process to remove the shower head.

7. Position the tiles on the wall. You have to drill hole in the tiles to make them able to fix into the fixtures. Measure the size of the pipes and choose a proper size hole saw to drill a hole in the tiles. Install the tiles and let the mastic settle down properly before proceeding with the grout.

8. Now apply the grout to the tiles lining in a zigzag pattern with grout float. Keep removing the excess of grout from the surface of the tiles with soft damp sponge. Once done with tiles installation, apply polish to give shine to the tiles. Later replace the fixtures.

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Tiles broken with hole in the wall?

I went and removed 3 ft of tiles from the side of the bath tub starting at the bottom. The tiles had the cement on it so it came off the wall exposing the wood the to the house and i saw the water damage to the wood. How do i patch up the wall? Do I use plywood and than cement it and than add the new tiles?
Hi Thxs for the tip. It is drywall in front of the wood. Went to home depot and they said i can use a plywood/drywall type of board. They said its a newer thing i can use to patch up the hole. Since there is cement there, they said that i can add the cement in front of the drywall and put new tiles on the cement and than add grout. The old tiles i removed broke, so i gota get new tiles. Your opionon on the home depot suggestion? thxs

If I understand the problem correctly, it sounds like you have water damage inside you wall. You first need to find out what caused that damage. If you repair the wall without finding the water leak, it will happen again. If the area was dry rot and it didn't sem like there was currently water there, then it is likely safe to fix. Carefully remove tiles until you no longer see any water damage to the wood. I'm not sure what wood is there. If its plywood, replace it with a like thickness (most of the time today, they use drywall, but its a special kind that is usually green that's made for bathrooms and moist areas). Before replacing the tiles, clean them up and remove any old grout from the edges. Be careful as the tile are very brittle and break easy. There are a number of bathroom tile type caulks that can adhere the tile to the wood. I suggest going to somewhere like Lowe's or Home Depot or a similar store and ask someone in the plumbing dept or the paint dept what kind of caulk to use to attach tile to wood. Apply the tile to the wall using the caulk. Now you need to re-grout the seams. Buy grout and apply it in all the seams. Let it completely dry (read the box but most say at least 24 to 48 hrs to completely cure) then after its cured, apply grout sealer over the top of the grout seams.

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