Hi Everyone,
First off, I’d like to thank the several individuals (you know who you are) who have responded to my questions over the last few months as I plug along on yet another bath remodel.
So here is my question, and I’m looking for opinions. . .
I’m putting up 30# tar paper around the tub surround and ensuring everything overlaps, etc. Ceramic tile will install on top of CBU. The one thing I dislike most about installing tar paper, is trying to get really crisp bends into the tub corners without cracking the paper, as I try to go around the whole tub with one continuous sheet. Even leaving the paper out in the sun to make it pliable, still is a PITA. . .
I was thinking of cutting the tar paper in sections, at the corners, which would make stapling it up quite a bit easier. To ensure that water could not pass through the resulting “open/cut” corners, I was thinking I could run a 9″ strip of that self-adhesive window-flashing/bitumine product vertically into those corners, thereby the bitumine would stick to the paper by 4.5″ on either side. Bitumine being really flexable and all, I know I could make really crisp corners with it, and I think it will stick well enough not to allow water to get between the tar paper and bitumine.
So what to you guys think?
Tark
Edited 1/27/2005 11:18 pm ET by tark
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bump. not sure what happened. . .this thread seemed to have disappeared off the site with an hour of it being originally posted.
Sounds perfectly fine. BTW, I usually can get a good straight crease in felt paper with my four foot straight edge, but if any of the walls are out of level, one piece is difficult anyway.
Good luck. And be sure to use a good sealer on your grout.
Overlap the corners rather than use one sheet per layer. Why make work more difficult? Smaller peices are much easier to handle. I fold it prior to applying. After it is creased I lay a 2x4 over the crease to flatten it further.
Shower walls don't get driving rain. Only the corner at the head wall gets water washed over it. 30# paper is overkill but fine. No need to use the self stick. Any water that reaches the VAPOR barrier will have gravity as a primary force on it. It doesn't want to go horizontal.
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