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Transition from wall tile to bathtub lip.
This issue is sitting there for a long time now and really bother me.
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.
Above the lip of the tub.
Opposite where the faucet is i had to shim the studs to make my hardieback edge clear the tub lip.
Divide the dimension in half and make a mark there.
Apply it to the wall with the bottom edge about 1 4 in.
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.
I checked the tile grout.
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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.
Then apply a generous amount of thin set to the bottom bathtub tile and position it 1 8 in.
How to tile a tub surround 1.
In so doing i ended up with 1 2 inch hardie edge sticking out over my existing wall of the.
Understand how your bathtub is setup.