Fiberglass shower pans are frequently installed with tiled walls in the shower.
Sealing tile shower walls.
This means that properly waterproofing a shower is not just a recommendation it is essential in protecting your home or commercial structure from the effects of water.
Also tile is heavy so put down blankets to protect the floors and tub from being damaged by falling pieces.
This is a dusty job so use plastic to cover your doorways wear a respirator that s rated for dust cover the floor with a drop cloth and make sure there s plenty of ventilation.
Shower tiles should be sealed every one to two years depending on how often the shower is used.
After you have sealed one wall of the slate tile shower then move on to seal the next adjoining shower wall.
Use latex based products to seal both grout and tile.
The standard shower is one of the wettest places on earth with the equivalent of 2 500 inches of rainfall a year.
If the tile soaks up the sealant seal the entire shower.
In this quick episode i discuss how and why you should seal the grout and tile of your bathroom.
Simply wipe the surface of the slate tiles with the absorbent paper towels or cotton cloth to remove any wet areas of sealer that are on the surface of the slate tiles and grout.