Tiling Out Of Plumb Shower Walls

Begin by removing the old tile or the fiberglass shower wall.

Tiling out of plumb shower walls.

Just because the wall is fitted behind the adjacent wall you can remove it either by unscrewing and unwedging it or breaking it out. There is only one way to do it right and 1 out of plumb ain t it. However before starting the tiling i have realised the wall is out of plumb its ok at the bottom for first 300mm but then it bends outwards so the top is out of plumb by about 15mm. If this is the case you could remove the first course of tile and cut the board above the flange punch the board in and screw it.

I had a guy come over to help me with the tiling and he noticed that the walls were warped a little. Lippage can be eliminated on most walls by hanging new drywall or backerboard before tiling. Where the shower will go i have taken down the old plasterboard and replaced with hardiebacker board and have already taped the joins. If this is not the case then forget i brought it up.

We already replaced the walls with hardiebacker and after i applied a wateroof membrane aquadefense. I hesitate to bring this point up but i think guess your walls are out of plumb because you capped the metal upturn flange of the tub with the cement board. If you mix x77 per the directions use the correct trowel size back butter your tiles and use directional troweling your tiles won t slide down the wall. This is a dusty job so use plastic to cover your doorways wear a respirator that s rated for dust cover the floor with a drop cloth and make sure there s plenty of ventilation.

Also tile is heavy so put down blankets to protect the floors and tub from being damaged by falling pieces. I spent a lot of time trying to straighten these walls. How to deal with out of plumb walls for tile. His solution was to apply a mixture of thinset and specmix to even out the walls.

How do we deal with that doing tile. I was replacing with villaboard and tiling to the ceiling so i wanted the walls dead straight. Gary i had a problem with out of plumb walls after ripping out all the plasterboard in my bathroom. Nobody wants a tile to fall of the ceiling and hurt someone or crack a shower pan tile.

If you re tiling directly onto the wall however leveling clips and wedges will force the edges of the. Once it is removed find out why it won t lay flat and correct the framing reinstalling new cbu on the wall to attach your tile. We are doing a remodel and have discovered the wall around a tub shower is out of plumb by 1 2 over 5 feet. Turned out the walls were out of plumb by around 15mm in the worst places.