Installing Ceramic Tile Around Floor Drain

They tiled the floor around the floor drains and left 2 tiles in a row out with the drain in the middle.

Installing ceramic tile around floor drain.

Let the tiles set overnight. Large bodied tiles cannot accommodate the. 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. Step 6 cut the and install the partial tiles near the walls using your wet saw.

Step 5 let the tiles set overnight. Step 7 set the last tiles over the drain without mortar positioning them as if the drain wasn t there. Drain tile pipes work best when placed alongside a foundation footing instead of on top of the footing. By placing the pipe alongside the footing you lower the water table below your basement floor another 6 8 inches.

In this video i am explaining how to make perfect circular shape tile cuts around shower drain flange. Put spacers between them. I am using angle grinder and wet saw. Lay all the full tiles stopping around the shower drain wherever a full tile won t fit.

In new construction install the drain tile immediately after the footing forms are removed. Lay all the full tiles that will fit leaving clear a perimeter of floor around the drain. Install your floor tiles on the shower floor by spreading down thinset mortar with a notched trowel and pressing the tiles into place.