No reason why it shouldn t work if the walls and floor of the tub are thick enough and you use the proper tile cement and grout as used for swimming pools if the romans can do it no reason why you.
Can i build a bath tub out of tiles.
Keep an eye on plumbing and tiles and cut off any mastic causing obstruction.
Is possible but you would need to be very careful.
You would need to break the silicone seal between the tiles and the bath using a stanley knife of similar and then ease the bath out very slowly.
Once you ve planned out your layout you can begin to set tiles on the shower wall.
Probably the easiest is to build a tub with concrete backer board and tile it.
Be careful not to puncture the waterproof membrane when installing mortar over it.
Pull bath out carefully.
This will help keep your first line of tiles level and stay in place just make sure the board is straight.
You will also have to worry about getting proper pitch in the tub etc.
For a shower enclosure extend the tile and the backerboard at least 6 inches above the showerhead.
Tubs can be built from wood concrete or tile covered masonry.
Slow careful process.
It is not adviseable to build the tub itself out of tile.
Depending on the size and weight of your tiles you may benefit from screwing a starter board into the cement board.
If it s just a soaking tub you can buy the tub first and then build a tiled deck to drop it into.
For a tub surround only install the backerboard and tile 12 inches above the tub.
Yoiu need a spanner and grips for this.
There is standing water in a tub while you are bathing and if there is just a tiny crack in the grout then the standing water would have a field day behind.
Cut around mastic between bathe and tiles using stanley knife mastic removing product.
Building your own bathtub is not an inexpensive or easy process but it can be done.
Lower bath from supports beneath the bath.
To help hide the awkward appearance of an out of level tub make the bottom row of tiles at least three fourths of a tile high.
You can however tile the walls or platform surrounding the tub just not the tub itself.
If you plan to shower there you may want to get a tub that has a tile flange on three sides and frame to it.
Hi not a problem.
What was there before was this.
Wow i have no idea what half of that means.