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Malcolm Hoar
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Can I tile over an acrylic shower pan?
In article .com,
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On Feb 16, 2:22 pm, Oren wrote:
On 16 Feb 2007 14:10:21 -0800, wrote:
I recently ripped out a 30x 60 tub and put in a 34 x 60 acrylic shower
pan. I am going to tile the walls but I am wondering if I can tile
over the shower pan and curb as well.
No. IMHO.
Care to elaborate? Can I not just apply floor leveler to deal with
the "slip resistant florr" and then mortar over that? I truly don't
know, but don't understand why not...
I would also say no. Too little adhesion (to the acrylic) and
too much flexing. It might survive if you get everything totally
perfect but that's not a realistic proposition, IMO. I think
you'll have cracking problems within a year or two (maybe sooner)
and regret the decision.
Heck, follow this newsgroup for a while -- folks are reporting
shower pan problems and leaks every day or two. If yours starts
to leak, you'll have to wait in line ;-)
In any event, we'll all just say... "Told you so!"
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