The popularity of custom tiled showers has skyrocketed in recent years, with many people wishing to express their personal style with their tile choices. With a tiled shower, there are so many options; do you want to create a classic subway tile look, or a sleek modern stone? How about a concrete inspired porcelain or hand formed glazed ceramics?
However, before you can even think about the aesthetics, you’ve got to think about the waterproofing system underneath that tile. One of the greater reasons for the surge in popularity of tiled showers is because of the recent advancements in tiling and waterproofing technology. Tiled showers used to labour intensive, tricky to install correctly, prone to leaks and more. Here is a short history on how it used to be done... and how it’s done today.

​Imagine this: You are walking across your brand new tiled bathroom floor.... The tile colour is simply perfect...the soft satin finish is just what you've always wanted... it’s beautiful. You've waited so long to find the right tile and it was worth the wait.
But, hold on one moment! As your feet slide across the newly tiled floor, your sock catches on the edge of a tile. You start to panic; looking closer, you see that many of the pieces are higher or lower than the rest of the installation. In horror, you look towards your new shower walls hoping for better results, but to your dismay you see four of the tiles protruding past the others, exposing the glazed edge of the tile!