I cut a slice off the pvc about 3 8 to 1 2 depending on how thick the tile and mortar will be.
Ceramic tile around basement floor drain.
So i m on a job that is being tiled by somebody else and there is a few issues with the work they have.
Lay all the full tiles that will fit leaving clear a perimeter of floor around the drain.
Installed around the outside perimeter of a foundation exterior drain tile is a highly effective way of collecting groundwater and draining it away before it can seep into your basement.
Tile around a floor drain.
Ceramic tile around floor drain i am finishing my basement and i am putting ceramic tile on the floor in the bathroom well home depot is installing it.
Apply thinset mortar over a few square feet of the floor starting at the intersection of the lines.
Use a small bodied tile such as mosaics or at the most 4 inch by 4 inch tiles when installing on a shower or other floor.
When i do tile around a round floor drain i like a clean neat finish on the cut tile edges.
I measure the diameter of the drain and find a piece of pvc pipe that a little larger in diameter.
Cut circular drain tiles with an angle grinder.
Anyway there is a floor drain with an ugly plastic cover and home depot people told me that i would have to supply the raised floor drain cover for them to put over the exsisting drain.