Comments on: How to Make Deck Mud http://floorelf.com/how-to-make-deck-mud 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-make-deck-mud/comment-page-2#comment-8116 Roger Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:31:11 +0000 http://floorelf.com/?p=205#comment-8116 Hey John, If you can suck it out with a shop-vac it's not stable enough. I would take the vac hose to those areas and see how much comes out, then fill them with thinset and fresh deck mud. The deck mud on the edges of the steps WILL NOT LAST - deck mud needs to be contained. You need a mud edge on the steps. These are metal trims normally used for mud countertops which attached to the substrate and filled with wet mud on the vertical edge. It solidifies the edge. Hey John,

If you can suck it out with a shop-vac it’s not stable enough. I would take the vac hose to those areas and see how much comes out, then fill them with thinset and fresh deck mud. The deck mud on the edges of the steps WILL NOT LAST – deck mud needs to be contained. You need a mud edge on the steps. These are metal trims normally used for mud countertops which attached to the substrate and filled with wet mud on the vertical edge. It solidifies the edge.

]]> By: john tile http://floorelf.com/how-to-make-deck-mud/comment-page-2#comment-8113 john tile Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:35:41 +0000 http://floorelf.com/?p=205#comment-8113 I installed a dry  pack floor over lath and 15# felt. Most of it is solid with a slight sandy finish. The problem is that there are patches that are very sandy without any integrity. I need to put marble tiles down and i'm concerned that the tiles will crack or pop up or out. Is there some tests that I can do or a way to repair the most sandy areas.This problem is mostly at the wall's edge and at the edges of three step downs that are 8" in height. Thanks I installed a dry  pack floor over lath and 15# felt. Most of it is solid with a slight sandy finish. The problem is that there are patches that are very sandy without any integrity. I need to put marble tiles down and i’m concerned that the tiles will crack or pop up or out. Is there some tests that I can do or a way to repair the most sandy areas.This problem is mostly at the wall’s edge and at the edges of three step downs that are 8″ in height. Thanks

]]> By: Roger http://floorelf.com/how-to-make-deck-mud/comment-page-2#comment-8068 Roger Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:06:37 +0000 http://floorelf.com/?p=205#comment-8068 Hey Zack, The first one tells me that it needs to be redone - number two guarantees it. I'm going to email you a link to download a pdf, read through that and it answers all of your questions. It'll be there in just a minute. Hey Zack,

The first one tells me that it needs to be redone – number two guarantees it. I’m going to email you a link to download a pdf, read through that and it answers all of your questions. It’ll be there in just a minute.

]]>