Then apply a generous amount of thin set to the bottom bathtub tile and position it 1 8 in.
Transition from wall tile to bathtub lip.
Was the shower water seeped to the lip area from the bottom caulk and then travelled laterally out and wet the dry wall adjacent to the tub.
In this video i show you the entire process of installing tile around a bathtub.
And yes you can paint right over the thinset if you need to.
Understand how your bathtub is setup.
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I checked the tile grout.
Opposite where the faucet is i had to shim the studs to make my hardieback edge clear the tub lip.
In so doing i ended up with 1 2 inch hardie edge sticking out over my existing wall of the.
This issue is sitting there for a long time now and really bother me.
To tile around a tub or shower start by measuring the height of the back wall from the lip of the tub to the top of the area to be tiled.
Mark the layout lines webb chappell.
Divide the dimension in half and make a mark there.
Apply it to the wall with the bottom edge about 1 4 in.
Cement board detail the best approach when installing cement board or other tile backer around a tub is to keep the cement board out of the lip area.