Keeping The Tile Walls Straight From Pitch

Begin removal by taking off the shower surround walls to gain access to the shower pan which fits under the shower surround walls.

Keeping the tile walls straight from pitch.

Because tiles with projecting anchor lugs hang on the battens a low slope roof has less stringent fastener requirements than a steeply sloped roof. The tilers who did our hall reproduction victorian pattern drew a line on the floor and used that. If the slope of the roof is under a 5 12 pitch fasteners are not required. It also helps you.

You d have to move it out of the way fairly quickly to ensure that you didn t stick it down. You could use a long straight edge to but the first row of tiles up against. Less than a full tile. Start applying the adhesive in a bottom corner about 1 tile length away from the bottom and side of the wall leaving space for the edge tiles.

Pin a line of string across the room and use that to line up the tiles. It is installed in tile showers and fiberglass wall showers. The ledger shown here is a length of steel angle held in place by wood blocks screwed to the wall. To get a straight level start position a ledger on the wall leaving a gap below about 1 2 in.

It takes quite a while. Put spacers in between each tile to ensure future ones are straight and you can spot check with the level regularly. But you ve got to work relatively fast since the mortar dries in the bucket and after you put it on the wall. Away from your straight lines you can use a level after the first few pieces.

Excavate a trench or series of connected trenches to accommodate the perforated drain tiles. These spacers control how far tiles are apart from one another which makes your grout tidy later. Scoop out a golf ball sized amount of adhesive onto a notched trowel and spread enough adhesive in a thin layer over the wall to hang 2 3 tiles at a time. Holding a bubble level to a straight six or eight foot board make sure that both walls and the floor are plumb vertical and level.

Use a shovel to cut up sections of turf and place them as intact as possible on a tarp for later. The pitch of the roof must be known when determining requirements. Plastic spacers are designed to be inserted between tiles while you lay them. Use a measureright pro to get the angle right.