Tiling and taping shower wall
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Tiling and taping shower wall
I have just completed my shower pan and curb and now I'm getting ready to tape the cement board walls. My question is should I tape and apply the thinset to the joints as I tile or thinset the joints first let set then tile
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STOP!!! please read before you proceed any further.
Usually you can tape and thinset as you tile, at least thats what i do when i tile floors. BUT, i have a big question and concern for you. You said this is a shower. What is your waterproofing method for your shower? Im concerned becuase your asking about taping the cement board as you tile, which leads me to belive you are about to make a huge mistake. I hope you arent just planning on tiling on top of the cement board for a shower? You need to have a fully waterproof system in place for that tile to adhere to, cement board is not suitable for this application. My advice is to use a Kerdi shower system. How did you make your curb?
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I would have to disagree, in the "old days" tile was put over blue board and unless there was a leak such as around the faucet it would last years. I've pulled a lot of walls down only because the customer was tired of the old pink or green tile. I can't say how long cement board will last but I've yet to run into any that is rotting, I've never used anything other than blue board or cement board on walls. I question the need to even tape it but since the tape is cheap why cut corners.
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I would have to disagree, in the "old days" tile was put over blue board and unless there was a leak such as around the faucet it would last years. I've pulled a lot of walls down only because the customer was tired of the old pink or green tile. I can't say how long cement board will last but I've yet to run into any that is rotting, I've never used anything other than blue board or cement board on walls. I question the need to even tape it but since the tape is cheap why cut corners.
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Usually you can tape and thinset as you tile, at least thats what i do when i tile floors. BUT, i have a big question and concern for you. You said this is a shower. What is your waterproofing method for your shower? Im concerned becuase your asking about taping the cement board as you tile, which leads me to belive you are about to make a huge mistake. I hope you arent just planning on tiling on top of the cement board for a shower? You need to have a fully waterproof system in place for that tile to adhere to, cement board is not suitable for this application. My advice is to use a Kerdi shower system. How did you make your curb?
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I'll just say this that I have never had water go through tiles unless the grout was bad and I could count on one hand seeing that happen. I'm retired now but up until a few years ago I had one set price to tear out a tub, install a new tub, cement board (used to be blue board) and re-tile in a builders grade ceramic tile for a total cost of $995.00. Over the years you can imagine how many jobs I did and never had a complaint about tile falling off. Yes there are new products out there and if they are better than old ones I'll try them (that's why I switched to cement board) but I won't try something new just because the manufacture says it's better, advertising hype is what sells. Maybe Kerdi is a good product but is it worth the extra work and cost? Mike Holmes uses it or something like it but then again he uses all DeWalt tools which are provided free. I think 23 years is long enough to look at a tile bath by that time it's time to remodel.