How to Cover Shower Stalls
- 1). Measure across the width of one of the shower stall walls. Mark the middle with a pencil. Draw a vertical line from the top to bottom of the wall at the middle, using a level.
- 2). Use a notched trowel to apply thinset mortar over the bottom half of the wall, on one side of the vertical line, so you're covering one-quarter of the wall.
- 3). Press a tile into the mortar at floor level, alongside the vertical line. Put two spacers between the bottom edge of the tile and the floor to create a space there.
- 4). Set additional tiles to the side of the first one, side by side, spanning across the wall from the line to the end. Put spacers below and between each of the tiles as you hang them. Cut the last tile in the line on a tile saw to fit, leaving a 1/4-inch space between the cut end of the tile and the adjacent wall.
- 5). Set the next row of tiles in place above the first, again starting at the middle line and working to the sides. Put spacers all around. Cut the last tile to fit. Repeat, working your way up the wall row by row, covering the whole quadrant of the wall. Use your tile saw to cut tiles around any of the shower fixtures you come across.
- 6). Repeat the process for the other half of the bottom of the wall, then for the two top quadrants. Repeat for each wall, covering them all.
- 7). Let the mortar set overnight. Remove the spacers.
- 8). Grout the walls from the top down, using a grout float. Press the grout into the spaces between the tiles, while scraping it off the surface. Wipe up the excess grout with a damp sponge.
- 9). Let the grout set 48 hours. Caulk the perimeters of each wall along the floors and up the corners. Let the caulk set for 24 hours.