Tom meehan a tile setter who owns and manages cape cod tile in harwich mass with his wife lane meehan responds.
How do you tile a curved wall.
Do wear safety glasses when cutting or scoring tiles.
While the normal way of curving wall tile in this instance is to use 1 inch tiles on a sheet you can also modify larger tiles to work in the same fashion.
After scoring the top ceramic layer of the tile i made another couple of passes along the mark going deeper each time.
Describing how to cut a curve in a tile by initally creating a template and slowly cutting to create the curved shape tile was cut using a erbauer erb337tc.
A common example of curved wall tiles is the faces of jacuzzi surrounds or specially designed bathrooms.
Tiling a curved wall with conventional or large format tiles will require the tiles to be cut numerous times which is time consuming and impractical and also results in a lot of wastage.
Here it is don t cut the tile on a curve.
Radius is actually a unit of measure normally given in feet and expresses the length from the middle of a circle to the edge.
It isn t necessary to go all the way through the tile but the deeper you can go the easier it will be to remove the section.
Place the tile.
You would assume that you need to cut it on a curve because the drywall is curved but the individual tiles are so small that you can cut it straight at an angle and fill the rest with grout.
Give your shower an update with new tile.
What should we use as a substrate to cover the curved wall which will have about a 12 to 18 foot radius and what should we use to waterproof behind it.
Wear skid proof shoes kneepads gloves.
The first step in understanding if a stacked stone tile will work on a curved wall is to know what the actual curve or radius of the wall is.
There are two ways to approach tiling a room with radiused walls.
Tiling a shower is a diy project that you can usually accomplish in a few days with the right tools and equipment.
Curved walls are often found in the bathroom entrance hall stoep or braai area and inside the swimming pool.