Installing ceramic tile in a bathroom in place of carpet. There was a carpeted step in front of the tub, looked dorky and served no purpose, so HO said to demo it. Well, it seems they installed the step first and then the acrylic tub apron, so when the step was demo’d there’s a hole in the acrylic…see pic.
I removed the apron since it was not doing any good, and now I need to hide the guts of the tub. First choice is to run the floor tile up the little wall, but that might not work. The overhang of the tub flange is one inch to the framing. If I install a sheet of 3/4 ply, then mastic, then 1/4″ tile, the tile stands proud of the flange…no good. Thought about stopping the ply short of the flange, then using a radius edge tile to die back to the framing, but the tile they selected doesn’t have any trim pieces. BTW the tile is 12×12 porcelain. If I use 5/8 ply will that be ok?
Do it right, or do it twice.
Edited 10/16/2003 8:17:48 PM ET by ELCID72
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Why not just use backer board?
It's used in showers with no ply in back of it.
I would think 5/8 cement board would work fine on it's own. I would frame around the inside edges hang the board, tile.
No?
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, Professionals built the Titanic.
You mean like Durock? When I install that, I have a layer of sheetrock on the studs first, then the membrane, then the durock. Obviously no membrane is needed here, but I didn't think the durock would work alone.
Do it right, or do it twice.
I'm not a tile expert, maybe ask buck or qtrmeg, they seem to be battling it out else where, but I've always done studs, felt or plastic, then durock, I block around all the edges of the rock.Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, Professionals built the Titanic.