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ceramic tile on sheet rock question
Do you use thin set mortar to afix ceramic tiles to regular dry wall
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TM wrote in message . ..
Do you use thin set mortar to afix ceramic tiles to regular dry wall or something else? Thanks, TM Recommend visiting Hardibacker.com MK |
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TM wrote in message . ..
Do you use thin set mortar to afix ceramic tiles to regular dry wall or something else? Thanks, TM Recommend visiting Hardibacker.com MK |
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If it's going to be a wet-area application, like a shower, I wouldn't
recommend it. If it's a counter backsplash in a kitchen, regular tile adhesive is the way to go. You can't use thin set on sheet rock. In article , says... TM wrote in message . .. Do you use thin set mortar to afix ceramic tiles to regular dry wall or something else? Thanks, TM Recommend visiting Hardibacker.com MK -- Bait for spammers: root@localhost postmaster@localhost admin@localhost abuse@localhost |
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If it's going to be a wet-area application, like a shower, I wouldn't
recommend it. If it's a counter backsplash in a kitchen, regular tile adhesive is the way to go. You can't use thin set on sheet rock. In article , says... TM wrote in message . .. Do you use thin set mortar to afix ceramic tiles to regular dry wall or something else? Thanks, TM Recommend visiting Hardibacker.com MK -- Bait for spammers: root@localhost postmaster@localhost admin@localhost abuse@localhost |
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TM wrote:
Do you use thin set mortar to afix ceramic tiles to regular dry wall Thanks, TM Absolutely. However in some applications ceramic tile should be installed over a water-resistant substrate. Your call. |
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ceramic tile on sheet rock question
TM wrote:
Do you use thin set mortar to afix ceramic tiles to regular dry wall Thanks, TM Absolutely. However in some applications ceramic tile should be installed over a water-resistant substrate. Your call. |
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ceramic tile on sheet rock question
Stoic wrote:
If it's going to be a wet-area application, like a shower, I wouldn't recommend it. If it's a counter backsplash in a kitchen, regular tile adhesive is the way to go. You can't use thin set on sheet rock. Look folks! Another 'expert'.. |
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Stoic wrote:
If it's going to be a wet-area application, like a shower, I wouldn't recommend it. If it's a counter backsplash in a kitchen, regular tile adhesive is the way to go. You can't use thin set on sheet rock. Look folks! Another 'expert'.. |
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ceramic tile on sheet rock question
Yep, my expertise? Done it and it worked.
In article , says... Stoic wrote: If it's going to be a wet-area application, like a shower, I wouldn't recommend it. If it's a counter backsplash in a kitchen, regular tile adhesive is the way to go. You can't use thin set on sheet rock. Look folks! Another 'expert'.. -- Bait for spammers: root@localhost postmaster@localhost admin@localhost abuse@localhost |
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ceramic tile on sheet rock question
Yep, my expertise? Done it and it worked.
In article , says... Stoic wrote: If it's going to be a wet-area application, like a shower, I wouldn't recommend it. If it's a counter backsplash in a kitchen, regular tile adhesive is the way to go. You can't use thin set on sheet rock. Look folks! Another 'expert'.. -- Bait for spammers: root@localhost postmaster@localhost admin@localhost abuse@localhost |
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Stoic wrote:
Yep, my expertise? Done it and it worked. In article , says... Stoic wrote: If it's going to be a wet-area application, like a shower, I wouldn't recommend it. If it's a counter backsplash in a kitchen, regular tile adhesive is the way to go. You can't use thin set on sheet rock. Look folks! Another 'expert'.. You're clueless.. Wet areas such as showers require a water-resistant substrate. Be it mortar or tile backer. Drywall is NOT an acceptable substrate in those applications. Also, thinset has been used as a setting agent for installing tile on drywall since it's inception. |
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Stoic wrote:
Yep, my expertise? Done it and it worked. In article , says... Stoic wrote: If it's going to be a wet-area application, like a shower, I wouldn't recommend it. If it's a counter backsplash in a kitchen, regular tile adhesive is the way to go. You can't use thin set on sheet rock. Look folks! Another 'expert'.. You're clueless.. Wet areas such as showers require a water-resistant substrate. Be it mortar or tile backer. Drywall is NOT an acceptable substrate in those applications. Also, thinset has been used as a setting agent for installing tile on drywall since it's inception. |
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ceramic tile on sheet rock question
Thinset and tile has been installed on sheetrock since it's inception,
very common throughout the 70's. Grout when properly applied and sealed has 3-5% penetration so water will never reach the masonry backing or sheetrock. I like miracle sealants products http://www.miraclesealants.com/ Just remember to reapply annually or bi-annually. For what it is worth I would use a masonry substrate if it were my shower/tub. There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation. -- WCF http://www.utahhousevalues.com |
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ceramic tile on sheet rock question
Thinset and tile has been installed on sheetrock since it's inception,
very common throughout the 70's. Grout when properly applied and sealed has 3-5% penetration so water will never reach the masonry backing or sheetrock. I like miracle sealants products http://www.miraclesealants.com/ Just remember to reapply annually or bi-annually. For what it is worth I would use a masonry substrate if it were my shower/tub. There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation. -- WCF http://www.utahhousevalues.com |
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On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 21:20:38 -0500, Stoic
wrote: In article , says... You're clueless.. Wet areas such as showers require a water-resistant substrate. Be it mortar or tile backer. Drywall is NOT an acceptable substrate in those applications. Also, thinset has been used as a setting agent for installing tile on drywall since it's inception. To clarify, in wet areas DO NOT install ceramic tiles over drywall, use cement board as a substrate. "If it's going to be a wet-area application, like a shower, I wouldn't recommend it" - I wouldn't recommend installing tile over drywall. In a kitchen backsplash, installing tile over drywall using a mastic adhesive is o.k. I evidently didn't make that clear enough. You made it perfectly clear to anyone above 3rd grade reading level and an IQ above 50. PJ |
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All that's been said, often in a very belligerent fashion, is well
understood. So I'll tell the other side of it. Where I say I do it, and have done it for years. With an I.Q. over 50. Water should never get behind the tile. Ever. So the first part of the tiling process is to eliminate the main reason for it happening. At the beginning, I use Styrofoam to fully insulate the wall. No point in having it chilled from outside and serving as a condensate site. With different thicknesses, and cuts made to cause it to be a snug fit, I arrange the insulation so that there are no air spaces in common. For any small spaces that are not practical to fill, I use Great Stuff foam insulation, cutting any extra with a hacksaw blade. The Styrofoam comes to the exact edge of the stud, with no difference. Then I put Greenboard in place. It's moisture resistant, but there should be no water exposure, at all. An important element to that is a well-leveled and secure tub or shower unit. I accomplish that by bedding it into thinset. When a person takes a shower, the flooring of the shower should be rock-solid, as should the sides. First tile is most important. I run a fairly generous bead of pure, white unpaintable silicone along the edge of the unit where the tile will go.Then I run a bead along the mating edge of the tile, and a denerous squiggle of it on the back. I put that tile onto the Greenboard about a half inch from its final spot, then firmly push it into place, and any extra silicone quickly removed by finger and put on the back of the next tile. And so on. I select a tile that will match the silicone. Often, I will use a style called Arctic Ice. I make the joints small, the silicone transitions are minimal. I usually use 12" tiles. I've been doing it this way for over 20 years, and have never had any mildew problems, no wetness problems. Far as I'm concerned, the main problem with tile is not the tile, but the grout. In these days, I see no use for it. In the first tile job I did this way, I used a yellow tile and a siliconed space of about an eighth inch, and after ten years it was still looking beautiful. Just wanted to give the other side of the story. PJ wrote in message ... On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 21:20:38 -0500, Stoic wrote: In article , says... You're clueless.. Wet areas such as showers require a water-resistant substrate. Be it mortar or tile backer. Drywall is NOT an acceptable substrate in those applications. Also, thinset has been used as a setting agent for installing tile on drywall since it's inception. To clarify, in wet areas DO NOT install ceramic tiles over drywall, use cement board as a substrate. "If it's going to be a wet-area application, like a shower, I wouldn't recommend it" - I wouldn't recommend installing tile over drywall. In a kitchen backsplash, installing tile over drywall using a mastic adhesive is o.k. I evidently didn't make that clear enough. You made it perfectly clear to anyone above 3rd grade reading level and an IQ above 50. PJ |
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12 inch? I've never seen a bathroom tile wall with 12 inch tile, but if you say so.... Also, I am somewhat concerned about mold in your walls. Many of the mold pictures I've seen show mold growing on the styrofoam insulation. PJ On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 03:06:31 -0500, "Michael Baugh" wrote: All that's been said, often in a very belligerent fashion, is well understood. So I'll tell the other side of it. Where I say I do it, and have done it for years. With an I.Q. over 50. Water should never get behind the tile. Ever. So the first part of the tiling process is to eliminate the main reason for it happening. At the beginning, I use Styrofoam to fully insulate the wall. No point in having it chilled from outside and serving as a condensate site. With different thicknesses, and cuts made to cause it to be a snug fit, I arrange the insulation so that there are no air spaces in common. For any small spaces that are not practical to fill, I use Great Stuff foam insulation, cutting any extra with a hacksaw blade. The Styrofoam comes to the exact edge of the stud, with no difference. Then I put Greenboard in place. It's moisture resistant, but there should be no water exposure, at all. An important element to that is a well-leveled and secure tub or shower unit. I accomplish that by bedding it into thinset. When a person takes a shower, the flooring of the shower should be rock-solid, as should the sides. First tile is most important. I run a fairly generous bead of pure, white unpaintable silicone along the edge of the unit where the tile will go.Then I run a bead along the mating edge of the tile, and a denerous squiggle of it on the back. I put that tile onto the Greenboard about a half inch from its final spot, then firmly push it into place, and any extra silicone quickly removed by finger and put on the back of the next tile. And so on. I select a tile that will match the silicone. Often, I will use a style called Arctic Ice. I make the joints small, the silicone transitions are minimal. I usually use 12" tiles. I've been doing it this way for over 20 years, and have never had any mildew problems, no wetness problems. Far as I'm concerned, the main problem with tile is not the tile, but the grout. In these days, I see no use for it. In the first tile job I did this way, I used a yellow tile and a siliconed space of about an eighth inch, and after ten years it was still looking beautiful. Just wanted to give the other side of the story. PJ wrote in message .. . On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 21:20:38 -0500, Stoic wrote: In article , says... You're clueless.. Wet areas such as showers require a water-resistant substrate. Be it mortar or tile backer. Drywall is NOT an acceptable substrate in those applications. Also, thinset has been used as a setting agent for installing tile on drywall since it's inception. To clarify, in wet areas DO NOT install ceramic tiles over drywall, use cement board as a substrate. "If it's going to be a wet-area application, like a shower, I wouldn't recommend it" - I wouldn't recommend installing tile over drywall. In a kitchen backsplash, installing tile over drywall using a mastic adhesive is o.k. I evidently didn't make that clear enough. You made it perfectly clear to anyone above 3rd grade reading level and an IQ above 50. PJ |
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"PJ" wrote in message ... 12 inch? I've never seen a bathroom tile wall with 12 inch tile, but if you say so.... it's becoming common. i've been seeing this in model homes around here. here's one i did: http://groups.msn.com/chaniarts/shoe...to&PhotoID=158 regards, charlie cave creek, az Also, I am somewhat concerned about mold in your walls. Many of the mold pictures I've seen show mold growing on the styrofoam insulation. PJ On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 03:06:31 -0500, "Michael Baugh" wrote: All that's been said, often in a very belligerent fashion, is well understood. So I'll tell the other side of it. Where I say I do it, and have done it for years. With an I.Q. over 50. Water should never get behind the tile. Ever. So the first part of the tiling process is to eliminate the main reason for it happening. At the beginning, I use Styrofoam to fully insulate the wall. No point in having it chilled from outside and serving as a condensate site. With different thicknesses, and cuts made to cause it to be a snug fit, I arrange the insulation so that there are no air spaces in common. For any small spaces that are not practical to fill, I use Great Stuff foam insulation, cutting any extra with a hacksaw blade. The Styrofoam comes to the exact edge of the stud, with no difference. Then I put Greenboard in place. It's moisture resistant, but there should be no water exposure, at all. An important element to that is a well-leveled and secure tub or shower unit. I accomplish that by bedding it into thinset. When a person takes a shower, the flooring of the shower should be rock-solid, as should the sides. First tile is most important. I run a fairly generous bead of pure, white unpaintable silicone along the edge of the unit where the tile will go.Then I run a bead along the mating edge of the tile, and a denerous squiggle of it on the back. I put that tile onto the Greenboard about a half inch from its final spot, then firmly push it into place, and any extra silicone quickly removed by finger and put on the back of the next tile. And so on. I select a tile that will match the silicone. Often, I will use a style called Arctic Ice. I make the joints small, the silicone transitions are minimal. I usually use 12" tiles. I've been doing it this way for over 20 years, and have never had any mildew problems, no wetness problems. Far as I'm concerned, the main problem with tile is not the tile, but the grout. In these days, I see no use for it. In the first tile job I did this way, I used a yellow tile and a siliconed space of about an eighth inch, and after ten years it was still looking beautiful. Just wanted to give the other side of the story. PJ wrote in message .. . On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 21:20:38 -0500, Stoic wrote: In article , says... You're clueless.. Wet areas such as showers require a water-resistant substrate. Be it mortar or tile backer. Drywall is NOT an acceptable substrate in those applications. Also, thinset has been used as a setting agent for installing tile on drywall since it's inception. To clarify, in wet areas DO NOT install ceramic tiles over drywall, use cement board as a substrate. "If it's going to be a wet-area application, like a shower, I wouldn't recommend it" - I wouldn't recommend installing tile over drywall. In a kitchen backsplash, installing tile over drywall using a mastic adhesive is o.k. I evidently didn't make that clear enough. You made it perfectly clear to anyone above 3rd grade reading level and an IQ above 50. PJ |
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On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 13:28:57 -0700, "Charles Spitzer"
wrote: "PJ" wrote in message .. . 12 inch? I've never seen a bathroom tile wall with 12 inch tile, but if you say so.... it's becoming common. i've been seeing this in model homes around here. here's one i did: http://groups.msn.com/chaniarts/shoe...to&PhotoID=158 regardscharliecave creek, az Thanks for taking the time to post the picture. I'd consider 6 inch tile, maybe, but prefer 4 inch. 12 inch just looks to economical. PJ --snip |
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