It also can add some interest to those plain yet wide shower walls.
Tiled shower wall niche.
Tile redi is both the industry innovator and industry leader of the tile ready shower niches and has the industry s largest selection of tile ready shower pans.
Don t be fooled by cheap imitations.
As you can see in this picture steve is using 12x24 wall tile that s the same thickness as the sill.
Notice the same tiles are used for both the niche and shower for a cohesive appearance.
Be aware that if installing this niche in a wall deeper than 3 1 2 inches 2 x6 studs in my case you will need to build out behind your niche to make the wall depth only 3 1 2 with a solid backing i used osb due to the niche being flexible.
Installing a rectangular tile niche horizontally can give you a much longer space to keep your things.
By making the sill stick out by 1 16 he ll make the pencil tile hang out over the main tile by the same distance.
Ez niches usa 8in x 14in small rectangular niche ready for tile preformed bathroom recess it shampoo shower wall niche shelf 4 5 out of 5 stars 238 45 99 45.
If left unsupported on the backside your grout and maybe even take will crack with time.
The sill tile should hang outside the niche by 1 16 if you ll be using pencil trim tile to frame the niche.
Also our shower niches are easy to install unlike the jigsaw puzzle shower niches which require a master.
Our shower niches comply with all local building and plumbing codes unlike cheap imitations do not comply with local plumbing or building codes and will not be approved by local inspectors.