Rate my Tile Shower -DIY-
Wrapping up my first attempt at tiling and I think I’m ready for grout but welcome the roasting a DIY tile guy should expect from the internet. I guarantee none of you can be as hard on me as I am on my own work. Built a new home and the builder wanted what I felt was an extreme price for a tile shower. I’m cursed/blessed with the “how hard could it be” gene so we had them leave the shower unfinished for me to complete. They left the plumbing and framing mostly finished and covered with drywall so the appraisal would go through. I ripped out the drywall, leveled the studs,and installed a wedi shower system with curb and pre-sloped pan. I tend to over-do DIY so I framed out the wall to wall niche like a header to be very sturdy and made sure the 1/2 walls were anchored through the floor into the trussing. The pan passed a 72 hour flood test and all waterproofing surfaces are sloped toward the drain. I used a combination of score & snap, grinder with a water spray, and a wet circular saw to make my cuts and hand polished every one. The drywall will be completed to match the rest of the room. The curbing, niche, wall caps, and waterfall edge by the door will be quartz to match the bathroom vanity countertops. There will also be a sprayer and slide bar to the left of the elbow that isn’t installed yet. I’ll get glass panels and a door too. The upper area of the niche is mitered and will be filled with Tenax. Overall I think it came out decent for my first time doing tile. I heard that LFT is difficult and I found this to be true. Using leveling clips and a tile vibrator to collapse the thinset really helped with adjusting everything to be level and plumb (or sloped). A few things I already know: -The sprayer elbow isn’t exactly centered on grout lines: It’s as close as I could get it based on framing -2x6 1/2 walls are thiccc : I know, I have a phobia of wobbly walls. -The shower drain doesn’t look centered: it’s a wedi drain that allows for movement during grout so I’ll get it exactly in the middle at that time. -The small piece on the outside the shower curb shows I’m a noob and bad at layout: to keep a full tile for the niche area this was the best option. -Some cuts are not perfectly even like where tile meets the ceiling : those will be siliconed over and no one but me will ever know. I’ve already lost the appropriate amount of sleep over it. -LFT size leaves a grout line by curb: I’m hoping the shower door and color matched grout will hide it -your shower heads don’t match: just used what I had on hand for testing TL;DR DIYd a shower. It’s my first tile job ever. Looking for feedback on what should/could have been improved and if it’s ready for grout. Bonus question: what would you or a tile contractor in your area charge for work like this? Curious to see how much I “saved” by DIY. less submitted by /u/929TRF [link] [comments]
| | Wrapping up my first attempt at tiling and I think I’m ready for grout but welcome the roasting a DIY tile guy should expect from the internet. I guarantee none of you can be as hard on me as I am on my own work. Built a new home and the builder wanted what I felt was an extreme price for a tile shower. I’m cursed/blessed with the “how hard could it be” gene so we had them leave the shower unfinished for me to complete. They left the plumbing and framing mostly finished and covered with drywall so the appraisal would go through. I ripped out the drywall, leveled the studs,and installed a wedi shower system with curb and pre-sloped pan. I tend to over-do DIY so I framed out the wall to wall niche like a header to be very sturdy and made sure the 1/2 walls were anchored through the floor into the trussing. The pan passed a 72 hour flood test and all waterproofing surfaces are sloped toward the drain. I used a combination of score & snap, grinder with a water spray, and a wet circular saw to make my cuts and hand polished every one. The drywall will be completed to match the rest of the room. The curbing, niche, wall caps, and waterfall edge by the door will be quartz to match the bathroom vanity countertops. There will also be a sprayer and slide bar to the left of the elbow that isn’t installed yet. I’ll get glass panels and a door too. The upper area of the niche is mitered and will be filled with Tenax. Overall I think it came out decent for my first time doing tile. I heard that LFT is difficult and I found this to be true. Using leveling clips and a tile vibrator to collapse the thinset really helped with adjusting everything to be level and plumb (or sloped). A few things I already know: -The sprayer elbow isn’t exactly centered on grout lines: It’s as close as I could get it based on framing -2x6 1/2 walls are thiccc : I know, I have a phobia of wobbly walls. -The shower drain doesn’t look centered: it’s a wedi drain that allows for movement during grout so I’ll get it exactly in the middle at that time. -The small piece on the outside the shower curb shows I’m a noob and bad at layout: to keep a full tile for the niche area this was the best option. -Some cuts are not perfectly even like where tile meets the ceiling : those will be siliconed over and no one but me will ever know. I’ve already lost the appropriate amount of sleep over it. -LFT size leaves a grout line by curb: I’m hoping the shower door and color matched grout will hide it -your shower heads don’t match: just used what I had on hand for testing TL;DR DIYd a shower. It’s my first tile job ever. Looking for feedback on what should/could have been improved and if it’s ready for grout. Bonus question: what would you or a tile contractor in your area charge for work like this? Curious to see how much I “saved” by DIY. less [link] [comments] |
