Tiled Shower Wall Niche

Installing a rectangular tile niche horizontally can give you a much longer space to keep your things.

Tiled shower wall niche.

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. As you can see in this picture steve is using 12x24 wall tile that s the same thickness as the sill. A shower niche is one such modification to the bathroom wall that can help declutter and organize an otherwise crowded and unorganized bathroom and shower cubicle. The sill tile should hang outside the niche by 1 16 if you ll be using pencil trim tile to frame the niche.

Don t be fooled by cheap imitations. It also can add some interest to those plain yet wide shower walls. If left unsupported on the backside your grout and maybe even take will crack with time. 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.

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. 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. It is such a simple yet unique design that we wonder why we did not think about having something like this in our bathrooms around a decade ago. Notice the same tiles are used for both the niche and shower for a cohesive appearance.