Comments on: How to Install Cement Backerboard for Floor Tile http://floorelf.com/how-to-install-cement-backerboard-for-floor-tile Help with all your tile needs (and extreme jackassery!) Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:37:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roger http://floorelf.com/how-to-install-cement-backerboard-for-floor-tile/comment-page-6#comment-8103 Roger Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:05:06 +0000 http://floorelf.com/?p=513#comment-8103 Rotozips work or you can flip the tile upside down, hang it off of the front of the saw table and lift it up into the blade to make that last cut. Grinder works too. It looks fine if you take your time with it. Rotozips work or you can flip the tile upside down, hang it off of the front of the saw table and lift it up into the blade to make that last cut. Grinder works too. It looks fine if you take your time with it.

]]> By: Roger http://floorelf.com/how-to-install-cement-backerboard-for-floor-tile/comment-page-6#comment-8102 Roger Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:01:40 +0000 http://floorelf.com/?p=513#comment-8102 Hey Jeff, I prefer to cut as I go. If you pre-cut, which I still do at times, you need to make sure everything goes back in exactly where you took it out or you'll need to make more cuts anyway. You can always just mix up smaller batches of thinset. If you can't get the vent cut out of the tile without them busting you can always mark the tile (make sure you mark it accurately) and install it without cutting it. After the thinset cures you can use a grinder with a tile blade on it and cut the vent out. That also works well if it's in the middle of one tile. Hey Jeff,

I prefer to cut as I go. If you pre-cut, which I still do at times, you need to make sure everything goes back in exactly where you took it out or you’ll need to make more cuts anyway. You can always just mix up smaller batches of thinset.

If you can’t get the vent cut out of the tile without them busting you can always mark the tile (make sure you mark it accurately) and install it without cutting it. After the thinset cures you can use a grinder with a tile blade on it and cut the vent out. That also works well if it’s in the middle of one tile.

]]> By: Roger http://floorelf.com/how-to-install-cement-backerboard-for-floor-tile/comment-page-6#comment-8100 Roger Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:45:54 +0000 http://floorelf.com/?p=513#comment-8100 Yes, t&g plywood. The 1/2" is just regular plywood. Yes, you need either backerboard or ditra. Once you build the floor you can install thinset and lay 1/4" backer down if you want - it's just there as a proper bonding surface for the tile. As long as the joists were sistered correctly (what you've described) they will be fine. Yes, t&g plywood. The 1/2″ is just regular plywood. Yes, you need either backerboard or ditra. Once you build the floor you can install thinset and lay 1/4″ backer down if you want – it’s just there as a proper bonding surface for the tile.

As long as the joists were sistered correctly (what you’ve described) they will be fine.

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