I want to build 3" high cement base for my cabinet and wish to tile it
as well. To save time can I put the tiles on the cement base before
the cement is set/hardenend?

Thanks!

I would consider that a bad idea. Let the cement cure fully then use a
thinset or there recommended material.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia 's Muire duit


"a1esta" wrote in message
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I want to build 3" high cement base for my cabinet and wish to tile it
as well. To save time can I put the tiles on the cement base before
the cement is set/hardenend?

Thanks!

On Feb 12, 7:48 am, "Joseph Meehan"
wrote:
I would consider that a bad idea. Let the cement cure fully then use a
thinset or there recommended material.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia 's Muire duit

"a1esta" wrote in message

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I want to build 3" high cement base for my cabinet and wish to tile it
as well. To save time can I put the tiles on the cement base before
the cement is set/hardenend?

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Not to mention, even if this were theoretically possible, what are you
going to stand, if you tried to do this? With a concrete slab
already cured, you stand on it and do a section of the tile at at
time. With a whole floor concrete pour, then what????

wrote:
On Feb 12, 7:48 am, "Joseph Meehan"
wrote:
I would consider that a bad idea. Let the cement cure fully
then use a thinset or there recommended material.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia 's Muire duit

"a1esta" wrote in message

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I want to build 3" high cement base for my cabinet and wish to tile
it as well. To save time can I put the tiles on the cement base
before the cement is set/hardenend?

Thanks!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Not to mention, even if this were theoretically possible, what are you
going to stand, if you tried to do this? With a concrete slab
already cured, you stand on it and do a section of the tile at at
time. With a whole floor concrete pour, then what????

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On Feb 12, 7:48 am, "Joseph Meehan"
wrote:
I would consider that a bad idea. Let the cement cure fully then use a
thinset or there recommended material.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia 's Muire duit

"a1esta" wrote in message

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I want to build 3" high cement base for my cabinet and wish to tile it
as well. To save time can I put the tiles on the cement base before
the cement is set/hardenend?

Thanks!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Not to mention, even if this were theoretically possible, what are you
going to stand, if you tried to do this? With a concrete slab
already cured, you stand on it and do a section of the tile at at
time. With a whole floor concrete pour, then what????

Concrete base concrete floor.

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Keith

wrote:
On Feb 12, 7:48 am, "Joseph Meehan"
wrote:
I would consider that a bad idea. Let the cement cure fully
then use a thinset or there recommended material.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia 's Muire duit

"a1esta" wrote in message

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I want to build 3" high cement base for my cabinet and wish to tile
it as well. To save time can I put the tiles on the cement base
before the cement is set/hardenend?

Thanks!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Not to mention, even if this were theoretically possible, what are you
going to stand, if you tried to do this? With a concrete slab
already cured, you stand on it and do a section of the tile at at
time. With a whole floor concrete pour, then what????

I suspect, but I also thought of it the way you did, that he wants to
tile that 3" high curb only.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia 's Muire duit

a1esta writes:

I want to build 3" high cement base for my cabinet and wish to tile it
as well. To save time can I put the tiles on the cement base before
the cement is set/hardenend?

If you have to ask this question, I'd be surprised if you could finish
tiling something in that little time.

On Feb 12, 6:54 pm, "a1esta" wrote:
I want to build 3" high cement base for my cabinet and wish to tile it
as well. To save time can I put the tiles on the cement base before
the cement is set/hardenend?

Thanks!

Thanks to all for the replies!

Guess I'll let the cement cured before laying the tiles. But I have
another question. I have to use a sand cement mix (1:3 ratio, I think)
as a mortar to bond the ceramic tiles right? The question is, if I
have on hand much more cement than sand, would it be a problem? Is
there any harm for having too much cement than sand in building a
cement base or in a cement mortar?

Thanks again!