How To Seal Tub Against Tile Wall

How to seal a fiberglass shower pan to a tile wall.

How to seal tub against tile wall.

Then apply a generous amount of thin set to the bottom bathtub tile and position it 1 8 in. Fill gaps larger than 1 8 inch. 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. Baths that are designed to be hard up against a wall should have a raised tiling lip around the perimeter and are recessed slightly into the wall so that the tiles can overlap the lip slightly and minimise any risk of water damage to the wall under the tiles.

You can then apply caulk along the top of your flange to seal the surface and to give your bathtub a more finished look. The tile does not come down completely to meet the fiberglass. The best way to prevent this is to seal your new grout and repeat as needed every year or so for wall and floor tiles that don t get much moisture and more often for grout in the shower or on. Before you begin to install the tile figure out the layout of your tile scheme after measuring all areas to be tiled as well as the tiles.

I cover some of the specifics of how to layout and set up a tub to install tile around it. Similar to the gap that can exist between your wall tile and tub you may have a space between the floor and your bathtub. The back wall is up against the flange so that will get shimmed and spaced out with plywood. It was a poor choice of bath for the location.

Border tiles border around field tiles while accent tiles are used to add interest usually intermixed with field tiles. Apply it to the wall with the bottom edge about 1 4 in. Make a diagram of each wall to help you decide placement of tiles image 4. I thought the idea was to isolate the tub from the tiled walls so the tile field doesn t crack.

If you have tile on the wall adjoining the tub select a caulk that matches the color of the grout. Assuming the round heads won t stick out past the backer board and interfere with the tile wall i typically will mesh tape and seal over them. Grout or caulk between floor tile and tub. Fiberglass shower pans are frequently installed with tiled walls in the shower.