On Jan 12, 10:38*am, Nancy Young replyto@inemail wrote:
On 1/12/2012 12:17 PM, Steve Barker wrote:

On 1/12/2012 7:12 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
He's telling me they would have to tile wherever this backer
board is, and I don't understand why they can't just tile up
to a certain point and I could have the seam covered with tape,
etc, then painted, and you wouldn't see that it was a different
material under the paint job.
you can do whatever you want. It's YOUR house. Just tell them what you
want done.

(laugh) *This is true, but I do rely on the professionals to tell
me if something is a bad idea. *He was clear on my options and none
of them involved just treating the backer board like it was a
different kind of sheetrock.

* Yes, what you propose will work. The backerboard will have to

have a skim coat of drywall mud in order to blend in with the sheetrock..

Shoot, I did that to a whole room that had sand paint to smooth it
out, I could do a four inch strip of backer board no problem.

Shouldn't be any different than any other taped joint for an experienced
drywall person.

Cool. *I was thinking is it 1/4 thicker or something? *Thank you
for the help.

just punch a hole in the wall somewhere that is going to be replaced
by the backer board, measure the thickness of the drywall, order
backer board to match. It really is that easy.

nate