Comments on: Installing Cement Backerboard for Tile in a Shower http://floorelf.com/installing-cement-backerboard-for-tile-in-a-shower Help with all your tile needs (and extreme jackassery!) Sat, 19 May 2012 20:47:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Roger http://floorelf.com/installing-cement-backerboard-for-tile-in-a-shower/comment-page-9#comment-11580 Roger Tue, 15 May 2012 03:37:01 +0000 http://floorelf.com/?p=167#comment-11580 Hi Myriam, 1/8" is fine. I don't know why they recommend that much, it's a LOT. Dunno what they expect you to do with a 1/2" gap. Hi Myriam,

1/8″ is fine. I don’t know why they recommend that much, it’s a LOT. Dunno what they expect you to do with a 1/2″ gap.

]]> By: MYriam http://floorelf.com/installing-cement-backerboard-for-tile-in-a-shower/comment-page-9#comment-11578 MYriam Tue, 15 May 2012 03:31:35 +0000 http://floorelf.com/?p=167#comment-11578 Hi Roger, I am redoing my shower using a swan stone shower base. My question is, if I want to use tile on the walls, how much of a gap I need to leave between the cement board and the lip of the shower? Instructions from sawn stone say to leave a gap of 1/2" between cement board and the lip of the shower, if using swans tone wall, but I'm thinking that this gap will be too large if I'm using ceramic tile . Could you please advise about it? Thanks Hi Roger,
I am redoing my shower using a swan stone shower base. My question is, if I want to use tile on the walls, how much of a gap I need to leave between the cement board and the lip of the shower? Instructions from sawn stone say to leave a gap of 1/2″ between cement board and the lip of the shower, if using swans tone wall, but I’m thinking that this gap will be too large if I’m using ceramic tile . Could you please advise about it?
Thanks

]]> By: Roger http://floorelf.com/installing-cement-backerboard-for-tile-in-a-shower/comment-page-9#comment-11455 Roger Wed, 09 May 2012 03:51:24 +0000 http://floorelf.com/?p=167#comment-11455 Hi Sara, Yes, you can silicone all the corners. The transition from the backer to the drywall should be taped and mudded with alkali-resistant mesh tape and thinset. The thinset will not stick to the silicone, but it doesn't need to. Hi Sara,

Yes, you can silicone all the corners. The transition from the backer to the drywall should be taped and mudded with alkali-resistant mesh tape and thinset. The thinset will not stick to the silicone, but it doesn’t need to.

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