Installing Travertine Tile Shower Walls

The most common tools used to install travertine tile or most tile for that matter include a tape measure a rubber mallet a power drill and mixing paddle a marker or wax pencil a level a tapping block a torpedo level a chalk line tile spacers a margin trowel a notched trowel and a wet saw.

Installing travertine tile shower walls.

Lay out the tiles for the back wall of the shower first. Whether wall or floor tile that tile needs to thoroughly stick to its base surface demands placed on tile adhesive are both extensive and steep. Measure the walls of the shower where the travertine will be installed. Apply the travertine tiles to the location preferred by firmly pressing it to the wall making sure that the thin set applied on the tiles and the wall will not get mixed.

We remodeled this beautiful bathroom in marietta ga in february 2014. Tile adhesive is expected to hold the tile in place not just for years but for decades without fail. How to install travertine tiles on a shower wall 1. Travertine limestone durango tile master bathroom installed using borders inserts chair rails pencil liners and mosaic tile.

Travertine tile on walls floor and backsplash and a border for a more sophisticated l. This shower stall has many di. It cannot cure too fast. Apply thinset to the space above the line and below the line on the bottom of the wall as well as to travertine tiles.

This will prevent the travertine from absorbing water travertine is a porous stone after all and make it easier to maintain. Place the tiles and spacers as you did until a full sized tile can no longer fit. Otherwise you do. Find a place nearby on the floor where you.

Use a tape measure and record the space that is leftover and then cut the travertine tiles for the shower using the wet saw. Take time to find a reputable installer to install travertine in your bathroom as the key to success of bathroom tiles lies in the installation. Check that tiles installed are at kept aligned using a level. Place them on the wall.