This is Part 5 of the series. You can find Part 4 here.
I set the tile in the shower stall first, beginning with the walls so there was no worry about dropping thinset mortar on the floor. The white dots are plastic tile spacers. The Latitcrete 255 Multimax thinset does an incredible job of holding the tiles in place even with no sag. Pulling off a newly set tile is a challenge.
I won’t cover the basics of laying tile here as there are many tutorials and books on the subject.
The tile was laid from the top of the stall, working my way down to the floor such that the most visible rows were whole tiles.
Tiling the Shower Stall Walls
Below is the shower stall after all the tiles are set in place.
Shower Stall Tile
The floor pattern uses three different tile sizes as shown below. I marked a center line the length of the bathroom and trial fitted the pattern.
Dry Fitting the Tile Pattern
The field tile was walked the length of the room to the doorway, following the center line I marked on the floor. The tiles lined up perfectly with no cuts!
Laying out the Tile Pattern
The porcelain floor tile is almost finished. I have a final row of 2 inch x 2 inch row to set along the right wall, a couple of cuts to make around the soil pipe for the toilet. Notice the bathroom door is removed for an unobstructed work space.
Floor Tile before Grouting
The tile is grouted and the bathroom door is back in place.
Bathroom Floor Tile after Grouting
View of the shower stall and floor after grouting the tile.
Bathroom Tiled and Grouted
Coming Up Next
With the tile laid and grouted, the hard part is over. My remaining tasks for this project are to install the:
- Shower valve and shower head.
- Sewage ejector pump and sewage pipe connections.
- Hot and cold water plumbing connections.
- Set the vanity, sink and toilet.
- Vanity lights and switch.
You can read Part 6 of this project here.
Enjoy!
Bob Jackson
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Hi great post. I’m doing an almost identical project in my basement. One question, do you think it makes any difference whether you cut off the toilet rough-in at the height of the concrete or the tile? I noticed you cut it at the concrete.
Thanks,
Chris
I used a carpenter’s saw to cut off the soil pipe even with the concrete floor before installing the tile to have a level and unobstructed floor for laying tile. You could do it either way but it doesn’t make a real difference in the fit or function of setting the toilet.
Notice the closet flange slides about 2 inches into the soil pipe in the following photos; this allows for differences in height between the top of the soil pipe and the finished floor: Photo A and Photo B.
Part 12 of the series covers installing the closet flange and setting the toilet.
Thanks
Bob Jackson