Tiling Around A Bathtub Lip

The cement board must be.

Tiling around a bathtub lip.

Place the cement board. Divide the dimension in half and make a mark there. Check if you need to adjust this mark to avoid laying slivers of tile at the top and bottom. Use backboard screws to secure the cement board to the framing.

Then apply a generous amount of thin set to the bottom bathtub tile and position it 1 8 in. How to install tile around a tub with a lip 1. 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. You may wish to alter this height if possible to minimise tile cutting.

Fill the gap between the tile and the tub with caulk. The tiling scheme will largely dictate where to start tiling and how the wall should be marked out for tiles start by measuring the height from the lip of your bath to the top of the planned tiled area. This video will show you how to set tile around a tub. Unless there is already a backer board installed you must place a cement board.

Mark a horizontal line around your bath at this height. I cover some of the specifics of how to layout and set up a tub to install tile around it. Secure the cement board. I am tiling a greenboard wall above a bathtub.

I understand that the greenboard must be above the lip of the bathtub not overlapping or underlapping however using this method will create a 1 gap the length of the lip between the top of the tub minus the lip and the beginning of the drywall.