Gosh i imagine that vertical picket is going to be tough in the corners - did the installers spend a lot of time making sure the backing was level and square? we retiled a tub/shower in our older home and it took the installer 2 full days to get the space ready for tile - i know nothing is plumb in our old houses, so it takes a lot of expertise to do it well -

Purple drywall is not nor has ever been a suitable substrate for shower tile, as a matter of fact the drywall manufacturers do not allow or warrant it for that application. Period. Tells me all I need too know about your "tile installers"....................

The tile installers did take quite a few days prepping the space. In hind sight yes we should have gotten a different company. However I’m still looking for a solution for these corners. I really don’t want to rip it all out again…

I think that is a really tough tile to use vertically, wrapping on walls. Inevitably there will be tile cuts on the corners, and the skinny/narrow tiles just don't look good.

millworkman:

You may want to get with the times.

Joseph Corlett, LLC, You may be correct Joe but we have no verification either way. It may be drywall but it may be that tile backer as well. Although the louse tile work and the raw studs at the entrance may lead away from believing that is actually tile backer.

• Your corners are not straight
• You selected an unforgiving vertical tile that exacerbates any unevenness
• You decided to use a contrasting grout which makes the situation even worse.

What are you willing to change in order to get a satisfactory job?

Use larger tile

No contrasting grout

Joe for #potstirrer of the year !

I had a client use this, we ended up using a contrasting square tile to picture frame each wall.
It worked out nicely

That's a poor choice of tile in this application. I also wonder what waterproofing system was used on the walls. I hope that something other than regular purpleboard was used as a tile backer inside what I assume is a curbless shower.

"Joe for #potstirrer of the year !"

Ha. That made me laugh, but in all seriousness, the question-the-conventional-wisdom perspective that I bring is very healthy. I don't claim to know it all, but I'll question it all, by damn.

The arong choice for tile and layout in that shower . Walls are rarely perfectly staright and in an old house never. What you should have done is a simple 12 x24 porcelain tile on both the bathroom floor and shower walls in a horizontal stacked pattern and I aslo agree there is not proper waterproofing behind those tiles so no big deal you can change the tile next year when you have a floodor the mold is growing .

@Joe its one thing to question the terminology in A CORPORATIONS tech specification writings. Id agree.

A whole other thing to promote using drywall in wet areas especially when just to be a potstirrer. Why dont you battle the CORP rather than misleading homeowners as id expect you to do at your level of PRO experience ? food for though as you do confuse me at times .

Mint:

Please substantiate your claim that I've mislead homeowners. Be specific. You cannot do it.

Since you seem to love this tile, what about trying to use a white caulk in the corners instead of the contrasting color. It may make the tiles look like they fold into the corner. You can try this before by just cutting some strips of paper and taping them up , then step back and see what you think.

On a side note - was the floor tested for water? Those tiles are too big for a regular shower drain - it probably should have been a trench drain, unless there are diagonal cuts through the tile pitching them all to the drain ( can't tell in the picture ).

Be careful moving forward - there seems to be some incorrect things happening here.

Good luck!

I agree that it looks terrible, due to 3 things:

-your installer is not skilled

-your walls are not straight

-your choices of tile and grout were poor

Start over. You will never be happy with it.