Shower Tile Installation

Waterproofed, tiled showers built to stay dry behind the tile

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Nearly every failed shower we are called out to failed behind the tile, not on it. So we build showers the other way round: backer board, then a proper waterproofing system over every wet wall and into the pan, seams and corners banded, the pan sloped correctly to the drain, and only then the tile. Niches are framed and waterproofed before they are tiled, benches are sloped so water runs off them, the curb is wrapped rather than just coated, and the changes of plane get silicone rather than grout so they can move without cracking. It is slower than tiling straight onto green board, and it is the difference between a shower that lasts twenty years and one that stains the ceiling below it in three.

Our Process

Look at the Opening

We check the framing, the drain position and the floor, and tell you what the opening will take — curbless, bench, niche — before you buy tile.

Backer & Waterproof

Cement or foam backer fitted, then the waterproofing membrane over every wet surface with the seams and corners banded and the pan sloped.

Set the Tile

Dry-laid for layout so the courses land right at the ceiling and around the niche, then set with full coverage and clipped level.

Grout, Silicone, Seal

Grouted once cured, silicone at the corners and the pan, stone and grout sealed, and the shower left clean and ready to use.