Transition From Wall Tile To Bathtub Lip

And yes you can paint right over the thinset if you need to.

Transition from wall tile to bathtub lip.

Cement board detail 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. Opposite where the faucet is i had to shim the studs to make my hardieback edge clear the tub lip. How to tile a tub surround 1. Affiliate links bosch laser level.

This issue is sitting there for a long time now and really bother me. Understand how your bathtub is setup. To tile around a tub or shower start by measuring the height of the back wall from the lip of the tub to the top of the area to be tiled. Mark the layout lines webb chappell.

The transition is directly under the bullnose tile on the edges of the shower. Divide the dimension in half and make a mark there. In this video i show you the entire process of installing tile around a bathtub. Was the shower water seeped to the lip area from the bottom caulk and then travelled laterally out and wet the dry wall adjacent to the tub.

Then apply a generous amount of thin set to the bottom bathtub tile and position it 1 8 in. Apply it to the wall with the bottom edge about 1 4 in.