ElmurFud
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First of all I am no pro. This is in fact my first time laying small tile, first bathroom floor, and first time doing this on my own. I probably did things wrong or not well. My sole other tile experience was tiling my living room several years ago under the direction of my dad who was a contractor in the 70's and 80's.
I first Prepped the surface. This meant first grinding down the odd bumps and ridges. There was a tub here before the last tile floor so it didn't need to be nice. For some reason there was a plaster of Paris or drywall like substance under the tile (some is still visible in the top left corner of the above picture) this and huge voids in the mortar is my guess why it failed. I also installed a lip that I built with layers of concrete board.
I applied some pink stuff that was supposed to make the self leveling concrete stick to the old concrete. Smelled funny.
Smooooooooooooth! ...ish those 2 lumps in the right corner had to be dealt with.
Applied a layer of this rubbery stuff designed to make it water tight but still let concrete stick. BTW putting concrete screws in even with a massive hammer drill suuuucks. 8 went into that lip.
Sculpted a base floor which I forgot to photograph to cover the concrete board then mortared and laid tile.
Grouted, trimmed, and sealed.
Replaced all the shower crap. Added a shower curtain with a pattern I designed because why would I not.
Proud of my work. If I did a crap job break it to me gently, or not, I can take it. It seems rock solid and doesn't leak and I like the way it looks.
Unsolicited duck pic: https://i.imgur.com/uNwjOls.jpg
dfharrisliii2718
Hope there is a flexible caulk in the corners. Those tend to crack if grout is used.
ElmurFud
Yes, but only by accident. I ran out of grout and time. I did have like 8 tubes of caulk. So all the trim is caulked.
Cowb0t
Man that projecting corner by the door is giving me toe-stubbing anxiety. Looks pretty good though.
ElmurFud
Same here, but I couldn't figure out a way with my limited skills to do otherwise and add a lip which the wife insisted upon.
Th1ng
you just need a 5° drop throughout the entire bathroom and you will be fine