Make life easy, search the forum.

Discuss Is our shower going to be ok? in the Tanking and Wetrooms Forum area at TilersForums. USA and UK Tiling Forum

Tko007

-
Reaction score
0
Please checkout the following advertisement.
Hi all,

We are DIYing our bathroom with a shower over tub. We waterproofed the wall linings, used a rubber upstand for our freestanding bath (sealux) and started tile (80% done).

I have a couple of issues with the work we have done...

1.We didn’t check tiles for coverage (I failed to convince my husband that this is important). We used 4x12 tiles with leveling systems and 1/4x1/4 trowel. We did do directional trowelling and backbuttered each tile. But I can see some gaps at the tile edges that has got me worried.

2. there are some gaps due to poor cutting of tiles/warped wall around 1/4 to almost 1 inch in places. Husband is adamant silicone will do the trick.

We will be using kerapoxy grout. Is our shower going to be ok?
 

Attachments

  • 0DF20AC4-A030-4DCC-A09C-2E3B9F298A18.jpeg
    0DF20AC4-A030-4DCC-A09C-2E3B9F298A18.jpeg
    41.2 KB · Views: 62
  • E23BCD80-6254-450B-874F-7BD3CC39CB31.jpeg
    E23BCD80-6254-450B-874F-7BD3CC39CB31.jpeg
    49.3 KB · Views: 64
  • 6F9A1195-7CDD-4E5C-A021-9374A304FEA0.jpeg
    6F9A1195-7CDD-4E5C-A021-9374A304FEA0.jpeg
    54.4 KB · Views: 62
Reaction score
58
Silicone will fill any void within reason and do the same job regardless of width, but it’s never going to look pretty at an inch wide?! You need the joint open enough to get a nice bead of silicone forced in, but narrow enough to get a nice clean Finished line.

free bump more than anything and to catch the eye of the professionals, but with buttered tiles and a consistent troweled bed, a can’t see it being an issue.

some photos from further back might help?
 

Dan

Admin
Staff member
Reaction score
5,023
Redo those cuts while you have chance. A silicone bead of 4-6mm other the joint is there to keep an expansion joint, you never fill the gap. You silicone so the two join but not inside the join.

Ideally needed waterproofing first. Then tile.

If you use an epoxy grout you'll prevent water getting behind the tiles.
 

Reply to Is our shower going to be ok? in the Tanking and Wetrooms Forum area at TilersForums.com

Or checkout our tile training advice or the Tile Standards

This website is hosted and managed by www.untoldmedia.co.uk. Creating content since 2001.

New Tiling Questions

UK Tiling Forum Stats

Threads
66,601
Messages
866,708
Members
9,513
Latest member
05jtaylor
Top
AdBlock Detected

We get it, advertisements are annoying!

Sure, ad-blocking software does a great job at blocking ads, but it also blocks useful features of our website. For the best site experience please disable your AdBlocker.

I've Disabled AdBlock