Next time get some 1/4" James Hardie backer board. Cut it a few inches larger in each direction of the niche. Then apply the tiles to the board with the mortar and wait for it to dry. Then cut the tiles and the Hardie board to the size of the niche. You can use a tile saw or grinder depending on the tiles. Then you install the whole board with mortar to the niche. Works really well for intricate mosaics and saves a ton of time.

Coach you the BOSS i'm from Canada bin running my own company for about 10 years bin watching you for about 7 of them yr and my tile game is better for it but this video was new and I loved it Thank you

Oh man. Awesome work. No way I could have the patience or skill to install something like this. Lord bless you.

Thanks for another great informative video. Im about to start installing

I LOVE watching a master at work. I did my firs full shower recently. Never touched tile before hand and it came out nice! It was a real battle mentally, I wanted to give up so bad and its not perfect but it was a huge accomplishment. I envy how neat and even your tiles on the walls are! I bought a used MK660 wet saw and the rails are bad so i'm getting crooked cuts, I would love for you to do a video on the cutting tools you use regularly and what you like.

Great demo and top tips for installation of glass tiles.

Lunada Bay luce feather! I am literally about to install this and I'm just a homeowner! This is my lucky day! Thank you

Such a stud, thanks for that tip!!!

Very nice!! I sell a few Lunada Bay paper face glass products. I was kinda surprised their install video that suggests back buttering them with a mini paint roller. They also suggest pulling at a 45 and flat to the wall as you did, they also suggest using a trowel as a guide to keep the unpulled part flat while rolling the pulled paper over the back side of the trowel.

BEAUTIFUL WORK MUCH RESPECT ✊ GREAT TEACHING

Beautiful job! You have a lot of patience. That tile reminds me of a school of fish.

Can’t wait for the “Mud Off!” January 15th! It’s funny because I’ve been on GTP for awhile. And I’ve watched you on KZfaq for awhile. Now they’re both colliding!

You got the game and gone I like how you explain your techniques too

Looks great 👍🏽

Great job Isaac

Very helpful video thanks alot for sharing it!

I got so tired of the frustration of working with mosaics that now I set my small intricate mosaics to a quarter inch Hardi board, then I cut the whole thing on my wet saw as one piece. If I damaged any tiles in the process I just repair it before I install. This also allows me to adjust my grout joints easier. It also is a lot less mess and like yourself I like to set it on top of my bottom plate so the watersheds easier. Then I can install my side and top. This is even more helpful when I am including my niche in a continuous band where you tile those sidewalls of the niche because it allows you to keep your pattern continuous and you only lose the thickness of your saw blade at the corners which is really not noticeable. It an make your Schluter side trim a little tricky but you have to plan ahead.

When pressing the tiles into the thinset, I would use a grout float. Makes it easy to ensure all the tiles are even, especially along the edges and in the corners.

Hey Man I have been watching your videos for awhile now and I have a question. Can you install tile without a grout joint? I wanted to do my shower just like in this video, but I don't want any grout lines. Thanks.

sooo pretty

My favorite way to install mosaic details like back of the niche, borders, waterfalls and such, is to do them first on a separate panel. Basically, I make them into one oversize tile, grout and all. Let it fully cure before cutting it to size on the tile saw. Easy peasy and perfection every time.

niche looks great bro, i try and convince my customers to use a stone/solid still that matches the curb and vanity counter.

Hey coach, let's see a video trial run using spray on truck bedliner.. I think it might work better than your flex seal?

Thanks mate for a great lesson again. Personally I would have used my grout pad to gently get them all flat. Good job though and thank you. I have learn't a lot from your videos, cheers!

How did you put the schlueter edge around the niche when the tile is set already it needs to be fresh to stick schlueter in between tile

First time I did these paper sheet tiles a laid them backwords... had to pull off 20 sheets and not only clean off the tiles. But then I had to set them all individually... learned a hard lesson that day...

Have you ever tried using a wet saw but without the water in the pan? I assume the blade won't get hot and it should cut pretty smooth.

We need a video about you preparing for joe lima and the mud off January 15 high noon🙏

what is the difference in looks of glass tile to mesh backed mosaics? the backs of mosaics are painted white or whatever color they are supposed to be and most mosaics contain glass tile. I don't see the reason for the extra work?

Very nice clean, looking tile and install. The color and feel reminds me of water, and an Egyptian, Morocco, etc….theme. Very nice. 21:02 >consistently inconsistent< saying is 100% TRUE, along w/ knowing when to walk away and quit fiddling w/ it; as it can make things worse (told me that once…..have to learn and recognize when to “walk away” from tile, grout, etc….setting)👍🏻 Those Black Friday deals come sooner and sooner each year (IMO, takes the specialness and joy of Black Friday and thanksgiving away, compared to how was as a kid “long ago now”) and can’t believe how fast time going by….. Cheers Issac and gang 🦃

If I am not mistaking TC, you had this video a while back or perhaps just the same tile. Either way I am confused since goldbond is water resistant and not proof. Or am I missing something here? Thanks 👽

Can you replace tile inside the niche if you don’t like the tile ?

Nice vid. More stabila. Woohoo

I agree with Kelly West ~ you will avoid the inconsistent horizontal grout spacing by installing the tile on Kerdi membrane or 1/4" foam or cement board, then trimming it to fit the niche.

Why is there no waterproofing on the vertical sides of the niche?

Backer board question...should Durock on the walls stop short of final mortar bed or should it run all the way down to my preslope and then pour mortar bed up against Durock?

also looks like you had some grout joints filled with mortar when you pulled the paper? how fun is that to clean and prep for a proper depth of grout?

i had a tile last week i absolutely could not score and snap or cut with any luck... finally laid the tile on top of another tile and cut a slit in the tile with a grinder and let the grinder wheel hover in the slot as i slid the glass thru the grinder it cut perfectly and i found this out on accident. lol and literally this tile would just explode just trying to score...

Omg i hate glass tile my first time installing it I put the paper on mastic and i came back the next day it was droopy, had to demo the whole thing haha! Thank god it was only a little 4in vanity

I think is better to use 3/16 x 5/32 or 1/4 x 3/16 notch for the small glass tile so the mortar is not going true the grout lines and you don’t need to smooth it out 1/4 notch. I think is better to use grout float for pushing the tiles for a smooth edge overall very nice job.

sometimes, not always, ill pillar stack my schluter if it fits with the look

Any paper-faced glass falls apart with wet saw. As dude says. I usually just set all I can for the field. Then remove the paper and individually wet cut the perimeter pieces. Especially with thin, or skinny glass, most snap cutters will yield an infuriating aggravation trying to score n snap that tiny. And I've yet to find a Glass dry cutting blade that doesn't chip.

If you take like a tooth brush ,you can clean out the grout joints while its wet not to wet but set up some, genius idea of mine.

What's the idea behind notch troweling and then reducing to flat? Has anyone just used a flat trowel, or even drywall knife to initially just flat trowel from the first pass to eliminate trowel marks showing behind glass? I just don't get 2 trowel passes, one with notched, then a flatening behind. When someone can just flat trowel from the get-go. I totally appreciate this dude's work. And have been following from tutorials, to failures.

Do I need permit to do the bathroom floor?

I like that old video u have that the whole shower was glass tile. U even floated the ceiling on that one I think

Is that drywall in the shower?

I did a backsplash with that tile and definitely didn’t like it 😂

The niche meet the horizontal grout line only on the top but not on the bottom ??? And of the two vertical grout lines not even one ??? My clientele will throw me out of the job if I ever attempted to do something similar.

I hate seeing that type of tile because 2-3 days ago me, and 4-5 other guys had to lug in 26 pallets worth of that stuff into a large factory. Walking that stuff to the very backrooms wasn't fun since it was like walking half of a block with a 40-50 pound weight.

The worst is the plastic face, comes off in postage size stamps, got to charge for that.

No waterproofing in the niche

That’s exactly the type of shower I need we have a big window literally people can walk by and see us taking a shower

It’s sagging and there is no grout joint

Just purchased a box of the same style tile in a different color. Was disappointed to see that "handmade tiles" from a NORCAL company are made in China.

What is that hideous niche base with the totally unaesthetic small cut piece on the right side? Not even golden ratio or even with the vertical grout line from the tiles above and below. Just a random tile cut to fill the remaining length. Other than that. Amazing job as usual. I feel like you really have to nitpick to find faults on these projects

As much as a pain in the butt these kind of tiles may be to install they make the room pop !! Please explain how anyone can install them the wrong way around why it is clearly written 'Mount This Side Out' - can't American people read ?? installing the sill before the back wall of the niche isn't a preference - it's part of the waterproofing system - not sure why you spent so much time talking about to and then removing the paper as that made this video bad to watch. Cheers.

Glass tile sucks