The guy who did large tiles in my tub surround started by measuring up from
the tub to where the bottom of the second row of tiles would go. The he
screwed a piece of 1x2 wood at that level and started with the second row of
tiles. He used spacers between the tiles and between the rows as he went
up. The wood strip held the weight of the tiles above it so the wouldn't
slide down. After they dried, he finished by doing the bottom row.

My guess is that here a YouTube ( http://YouTube.com ) videos out there that
show how to tile a tub surround wall.

"Kathy" wrote in message
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Hello there;



I am redoing my shower, I replaced the walls with hardibacker board (vapor
barrier as well)

and now I'm ready to tile. I noticed that most showers use small tiles but
I would like to use

16 x 16 tiles (Low water absorption). Is there any reason why we don't see
too many large tiles

in walls? is there any tip I should know before I do it? Can it be done??



Thank you in advance,



Kathy