How to TILE a SHOWER WALL --- Vertical Subway Tiles

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25 күн бұрын

Irregular zellige tiles are a popular choice for tile walls. Ceramic or porcealain tiles the most common types. When installing these tiles, special considerations are needed:
1.) Grout joints will vary, so diffent size spacers or wedges will be needed to tolerate the differnt size grout joints between each tile.
2.) The porcelain tiles can be cupped, warped, or bowed in the middle. Backbuttering in the middle of the tile to create a good bond and coverage is necessary.
3.) These tiles are not perfect, so installing them will take an artistic eye to create a good overall pattern and design.
4.) The tiles can be set in many different designs including vertical stack (soldier), horizontal stack, vertical offset, or horizontal offset (brick set, or running bond).
If you would like to see the prep work to get to this point in the project, I suggest you watch the playlist here:
• OLD SCHOOL Tile Shower...
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@spikeklein2196 22 күн бұрын

To heck with the tile! Look at those biceps! Well done, Coach. As a fellow Californian, I'd feel super lucky if I had you on my project. Best wishes...

@MoneyManHolmes 10 күн бұрын

He didn’t say “I love being your tile coach!” 😢 Just kidding. We love you TC.

@Santamonicadrainco 23 күн бұрын

I am a plumber “people love it when we show up, hate paying us when we leave “ offended :) good job fellas :).

@TileCoach 22 күн бұрын

Haha. I had an old GC that used to tell me that plumbers know two things: 1.) Sh*t runs down downhill. 2.) Payday is on Friday. Much love to all the plumbers out there!!

@stephenbrickwood1602 23 күн бұрын

The latout energises the user in a satisfactory way. Full tile in front cut tile behind. 😊😊

@michaelpurcell4954 13 күн бұрын

Best tile advice from this guy. It’s nice to see a pro not using lasers I’m the same way a level and line is way faster and more accurate in my opinion.

@enchantedangel7 17 күн бұрын

This is so helpful to see! My B/room shower needs repointing and I really want to do it myself. Your video makes me think I probably could. I know it's not easy but you make it look less complicated than I originally imagined it to be. I'm also considering redoing the drywall joints at the ceiling above the shower. Tips are appreciated! Such skill and beautiful work. Thank you!

@bri0013 23 күн бұрын

That tile my man WOW. I did a B/room wall in that same color 4x4 historical renovated home from 1906. Love your videos boss !!!

@TileCoach 23 күн бұрын

Thank you! I love the tiles too.

@colin7683 21 күн бұрын

At about 22:30 I could hear your cameraman breathing in my super-sensitive headphones, freaked me the hell out... lol

@BathroomRemodelingTeacher 22 күн бұрын

Great video and beautiful installation 👍

@TileCoach 22 күн бұрын

Thanks Steve.

@Matt-my7pz 23 күн бұрын

Well done man, so much more knowledge and expertise to what you do. Love your attention to MAKING the details easier. I still have yet to do a mud float. Looking forward to it because of you and your teams videos! No build out sounds like a dream!

@TileCoach 22 күн бұрын

Come out and take a class from me!

@Apexjasonmorganllc 22 күн бұрын

Awesome video.

@BeThankfulll 23 күн бұрын

Jesus Łøves you Tile coach and your Crew .,

@TileCoach 23 күн бұрын

Yes he does!!!

@jakedawson1810 22 күн бұрын

Amen 🙏

@allangoh5107 18 күн бұрын

Very good job man, these tiles are really hard to do, wish I could watch this before I did my first

@wowthatsdeepman 14 күн бұрын

Video shot in Pablo Cimadevila style!! Haha !! especially with the ring tile ending the video! Dig it!

@rainmaker3700 23 күн бұрын

Looks nice.

@TileCoach 23 күн бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏼

@nikwachter6427 21 күн бұрын

Absolutely excellent instruction on laying out the tile with story boards, I'll be doing that on my next tile job. How will you be finishing the exposed edges of the tile in the niche and vertical sides?

@PimpSolja49 13 күн бұрын

Great job on the tile work. But man, that's a lot grout to clean if it gets moldy.

@atotile3056 20 күн бұрын

Saludos coach👍

@min2oly 23 күн бұрын

Amazing work, you are a true artisan. IMHO, customer choose the most gross combination of color texture...

@TileCoach 23 күн бұрын

Thank you! Yes that’s the great thing about art, we all have our preferences.

@pascalpoppke4463 22 күн бұрын

Nice belt on your pants.😊

@leoonardotaormina5676 22 күн бұрын

I noticed you didn't put a waterproofing membrane neither sheet or liquid? Did I miss something, I think you used a rubber membrane for the pan liner, so you dont need to waterproof the deck mud, but, how about the walls. You're the best, I learned alot from you, im scratching my head, thinking I missed something,.

@MoneyManHolmes 10 күн бұрын

8:45 I like surface waterproofing but this works too.

@kurtpearson2793 23 күн бұрын

If you can’t get it centered, you can switch to a continuous flow. Well worth getting those full tiles on the niche 👍

@nivasylstrongman4352 5 күн бұрын

in new your, Home depot and lowes sale pre-fabricated Water Resistant Cement Backer Board. this is especially made for shower. why didn't you use that? don't they have that in california?.

@jbjoe249 23 күн бұрын

You don't need to backbutter but I like to soak them quickly in the water. Tile tend to suck water from cement compound and cement need water. Happened that tile was coming off just because mortar was to dry. Second thing I don't like pencil coz you always cover it with adhesive. 😂 Rather one vertical peace of mdf where niche is. By the way I hate those tiles. They need to look in perfect but they need to be perfect. 😀 Good job. You're pro. Enjoying watching you.

@TileCoach 22 күн бұрын

These particular tiles are porcelain, not ceramic so they don't absorb water. They are really hard to cut too. They look beautiful but not so easy to install. Thanks for the love brother!

@user-ll1pe5wb7d 20 күн бұрын

Hello. Can you tell me please which of these thinset good for setting tile and uncoupling mambrane, Keraflex SG and Laticrete 252

@theige01 13 күн бұрын

Its seems tile coach didn’t spend a lot of time trying to press the tiles to collapsing the ridges. Also coach didn’t look to use a float or board to get the tile flat to its neighbors. And last, it looks like as a result coach didn’t have squeeze out between tiles that would require cleaning later before grouting.

@niffrig 22 күн бұрын

I am not sure I would be showing no backbuttering on tiles. You are a professional I would definitely screw it up

@Jared-Kreate 21 күн бұрын

Versabond is great. No need for $40 per bag thinsets on the vast majority of insulations.

@willinthearea6318 23 күн бұрын

Do you backbutter small tiles off camera too?

@christhopherlasher2828 22 күн бұрын

What do you tell customers when they want to lay that stuff down and do a brick lay.... Because I run into multiple tile that are so bowed that it looks like a basket weave.😂

@rvhiii76 23 күн бұрын

It seems that you never give us quite enough information to do 1 shower just like you. I am looking to do a mud bed curb less shower, large format tile, FloFx drain and Hydro Ban waterproofing layer.

@TileCoach 23 күн бұрын

There are so many different situations. Curb or curbless, This one was actually a pan liner that the person who hired us requested. So it’s just hard because I use so many different methods. I’m pretty sure I have a video like you are looking for somewhere in my library.

@mikeb1079 22 күн бұрын

Pretty sure I’ve seen him do all those things separately in other videos… Another option is to pay him for his coaching advice for your specific project. That’s what I’m planning to do before I start my project.

@torchup 22 күн бұрын

Backbutterig ahower tile enclosure at least to a 5ft height cannot be uderestimated. Grout sealers fail if not maintained. and moisture -creep finds its way.

@juannavarro8889 20 күн бұрын

Do you copy the layout to the tile chick from Texas

@nickhickson8738 19 күн бұрын

Nice job but what an horrendous colour! Reminds me of post war UK hospital corridors. But each to their own of course.

@vlrdmtr 23 күн бұрын

Can I install a tiles like this with out spacers?

@TileCoach 23 күн бұрын

@petervm4392 23 күн бұрын

@vlrdmtr - I'm a Tiler with 40 years of experience down under (Australia), I lay tiles like that all the time without spacers, but there are a few caveats. First you need to use a premixed glue, usually referred to as Tile Mastic it has enough body to it, to hold the tile on the wall so the tile does not slump. Second you can't use it between two impervious surfaces, or you have to wait a long before grouting at least a few days for that size tile in a well ventilated area. Third in the example the Tile Coach is showing the screed would have to fully cure first before laying the tiles and you might have to prime the wall before applying the Tile Mastic, for plasterboard, cement sheeting or waterproofing membrane you can apply the glue directly with the correct primer if required.