Installing Ceramic Tile Around Floor Drain

Large bodied tiles cannot accommodate the.

Installing ceramic tile around floor drain.

Step 7 set the last tiles over the drain without mortar positioning them as if the drain wasn t there. Step 6 cut the and install the partial tiles near the walls using your wet saw. They tiled the floor around the floor drains and left 2 tiles in a row out with the drain in the middle. I am using angle grinder and wet saw.

Now the floor is flat until about 18 around the drain and it s not an even slope around it either. Lay all the full tiles stopping around the shower drain wherever a full tile won t fit. In this video i am explaining how to make perfect circular shape tile cuts around shower drain flange. Put spacers between them.

They are setting 23 by 16 tile on the floors of the restrooms in a nice office building. In new construction install the drain tile immediately after the footing forms are removed. By placing the pipe alongside the footing you lower the water table below your basement floor another 6 8 inches. Drain tile pipes work best when placed alongside a foundation footing instead of on top of the footing.

Let the tiles set overnight. 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. Lay all the full tiles that will fit leaving clear a perimeter of floor around the drain.