Bathroom remodel specialist please; What size cement board should I use for the shower walls, getting Tile?
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 at
11:38 am
I am buying materials for the shower pan and all the other things I need but am not sure what thickness of cement board to use for the shower walls. I am covering it with tile, if that matters. Thanks
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Use Aquapanel Water Resistant Backing Board. It is suitable for showers and tiling. Obtainable from large DIY stores or builders’ merchants eg Wickes, Jewsons Homebase etc.
Size: 1200 x 900 x 12.5mm
Price: around £14 a panel
Stick with wonderboard or durock. While kerdi is a great product, you have to do it exactly right or you can have some major problems. 1/2 wonderboard, attached with galvanized roofing nails, use fiberglass tape and thinset on the seams and the corners. Fill the seam at bottom between wonderboard and your pan with silicone. Let all that dry. Then coat the surface of the wonderboard with roll on waterproofing. This is an important step. Either redguard (home depot custom brand) or my favorite, hydroban by Laticrete. follow directions so you don’t void any warranty’s, a couple good coats will work. Let that dry, and tile away. Use thinset, not mastic. Mastic is never good for wet areas.
14 years tiling experience. porcelain, ceramic, marble, granite, glass and metal tiles. Custom residential and commercial installations.
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assuming you are only redoing the shower, and leaving the rest of the drywall in the bathroom, i would try to match up the thickness. that said, you should use 1/2" atleast.
also, while it can be done (or has been done by people), i would not recomend tiling over the cement board or hardyboard or whatever. i could use a kerdi system. http://www.schluter.com/8_4_kerdi_shower_kit.aspx
you can install the orange sheets on the walls, over the cement board (using mortar), and install the floor pan over cement board with mortar as well. when done correctly, its 100% water tight. it even comes with a curb which you can tile over. its a great system, the floor pan is already sloped towards the drain in the centre.
it would not be worth it to do a shower without it. if you do it this way, it will last and you will not risk mould or rot.