First the shower bench I built has a slope so water doesn't puddle on top. However due to one side (back) being longer than the other side (right side) my slope wasn't identical on the left and right sides. The left side has a bit more of a slope than the right side so Kevin had to adjust the tiles to minimize the slope and its look.
Then the walls. The right and left walls - which my uncles built - are very good. The walls are straight and solid except for one spot which is due more to the cement board than the wall. The wall has a little bow out in the area around where we cut out for the shower handle. We put a board up to push the wall here into place while the thin-set and tiles dry below the area. Kevin has used this method in the past for this type of situation.
The back wall of the shower - the second problem area. This wall is an original house wall. Earlier in the remodel it wasn't straight and my uncles and I worked on it a lot to straighten it out. We did a good job on that. Except for one area - the middle. See the mud on the middle of the wall? The wall bowed in at that point.
At the start Kevin never noticed the bowed areas. He had run his level against the back wall at the top and bottom and sides and it was level. Then when he was applying the tiles a couple rows above the shower bench he noticed the bow. The area he hadn't run the level over.
Kevin could adjust the thickness of the thin-set behind each tile as he went along but that was slow. So he applied the thin-set over the entire bow to build up the area. However until that thin-set dries he has to wait to apply the tiles.
So Kevin didn't get as high up the walls with tiles as he had planned today. Which is fine as I have noticed Kevin takes his time to ensure the the tiles are in a line, are level, are straight, and the grout lines are consistent.
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