General Tile Discussion

Finally got the wall boards installed, Issac wasn't joking when he said it was really sticky and got on stuff you didn't intend it to get on no matter how careful. The boards score and snap really easy, loved how simple it was to cut the boards. Though the edges can snap with sharp edges, got cut twice before I started wearing a glove on the hand I used to maneuver the board for installation.

So pleased with my clean install, my walls are flat and plumb, my cuts and hole cuts are perfect so I have a spare untouched board. Once I've finalized on the tile selection I can make a storyboard and figure out the location for the two niches.

First time using a Tile Redi shower pan. The drain is a regular one not a trench. Planning to use 3x12” tiles on walls set horizontal. Based on the Tile Redi design drawings I thought the slope to the drain would start at each wall so there would be a straight edge to set the bottom row of tiles on. But now that the pan arrived I see that the slopes create a triangle shaped gap as the floor angles down. Two walls are going to be floor to ceiling tiles. The third wall will going to be floor to ceiling in the shower and then transition one row of tile to act as a baseboard. I would prefer this “baseboard” row would continue around the room at its full 3” height. So that creates a problem, trianglular slivers of tile filling the gap between the first row and the…

The tub was leveled, or stabilized, by sand. Not looking for comments, just thought y'all would find this amusing. Ignore my quick brazing of the temporary caps. I should add, my house is in N. Texas.

This is more of a tile color selection question but I figured it would be an interesting discussion due to the use of large format tiles. I finally passed code inspection on the freestanding bathtub's wet vent and finished installing my Tile-Redi pan. Starting to look at tile colors and decided to make the shower more of a standout item in the master bathroom. Looking at dark walls in the shower, trying to decide if I want to go with black pebbles/penny tile or the white with black accents for the floor. Only issue with the dark color tile is that it's a large format tile (24" x 48"). I've used that format before, definitely a pain to cut on a 36" tile saw but I have a better blade and I'm not afraid to touch the blade to keep if from deflecting anymore. Was looking at mounting them wit…