Installing Ceramic Tile Around Floor Drain

Large bodied tiles cannot accommodate the.

Installing ceramic tile around floor drain.

Now the floor is flat until about 18 around the drain and it s not an even slope around it either. Use a small bodied tile such as mosaics or at the most 4 inch by 4 inch tiles when installing on a shower or other floor that has a slope to a drain. Let the tiles set overnight. Step 6 cut the and install the partial tiles near the walls using your wet saw.

In new construction install the drain tile immediately after the footing forms are removed. Install your floor tiles on the shower floor by spreading down thinset mortar with a notched trowel and pressing the tiles into place. They are setting 23 by 16 tile on the floors of the restrooms in a nice office building. By placing the pipe alongside the footing you lower the water table below your basement floor another 6 8 inches.

I am using angle grinder and wet saw. In this video i am explaining how to make perfect circular shape tile cuts around shower drain flange. Lay all the full tiles stopping around the shower drain wherever a full tile won t fit. Drain tile pipes work best when placed alongside a foundation footing instead of on top of the footing.

They tiled the floor around the floor drains and left 2 tiles in a row out with the drain in the middle. Put spacers between them. Step 5 let the tiles set overnight.