Pencil Tile Around Shower Niche

As you can see in this picture steve is using 12x24 wall tile that s the same thickness as the sill.

Pencil tile around shower niche.

The sill tile should hang outside the niche by 1 16 if you ll be using pencil trim tile to frame the niche. Rounded pencil tile creates a smooth transition between two types of wall tile. And both of these materials help to complete the rustic look of the ceramic wood look tiles installed on the walls. Add a tile border around your shower s recessed tile inset for a classy refined touch.

We chose 12x24 porcelain tile that has a matching 12x3 bullnose piece. The sill tile should hang outside the niche by 1 16 if you ll be using pencil trim tile to frame the niche. We want to use bullnose tile for the edges of the shower niche. Our contractor says that is not possible.

Bullnose can be a variety of sizes and can be used in a multitude of situations including corners of walls shower niches windowsills and countertops. This do it yourself video how to install a shower niche frame or how to tile a shower niche frame using a travertine chair rail pencils trim it easy and th. Not desirable via houzz user mikema0477 the floor elf s fabrication method allows the tiler to set the niche exactly in line with the tile and size the hole to fit the pattern. Can anyone tell us why our bullnose tile can t be used for the shower niche edges.

This just goes to show that some of the best tile shower niche ideas come from thinking outside the box penny rounds. Mark a convenient spot for the planned recess ideally on the studs of the so called dry wall adjacent to the wet wall that contains the supply pipe feeding the shower head. It uses slate tile for the niche that matches the pebble tile floor. One edge curves around a perpendicular corner to seamlessly fit into the side of your tile.

This niche for instance is randomly inserted into the middle of the tile pattern with lots of tile slivers around the edges.