Comments on: Proper Setting Materials for Tile http://floorelf.com/proper-setting-materials-for-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/proper-setting-materials-for-tile/comment-page-3#comment-8018 Roger Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:43:46 +0000 http://floorelf.com/?p=94#comment-8018 Hey Scott, Not really a good idea - the pan is not made for that and the bond long-term is untested. It may work, it may not, I honestly have no idea. Never had any reason to do that. I do not, and really can not, guarantee a failure - I can only give advice about methods that are guaranteed to succeed. That said, people do stuff all the time that is not an 'approved' method and it works just fine. However, they also do many, many more which don't work out so well. I'm a lot of help, huh? :D Hey Scott,

Not really a good idea – the pan is not made for that and the bond long-term is untested. It may work, it may not, I honestly have no idea. Never had any reason to do that. I do not, and really can not, guarantee a failure – I can only give advice about methods that are guaranteed to succeed. That said, people do stuff all the time that is not an ‘approved’ method and it works just fine. However, they also do many, many more which don’t work out so well.

I’m a lot of help, huh? :D

]]> By: scott http://floorelf.com/proper-setting-materials-for-tile/comment-page-3#comment-8008 scott Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:15:11 +0000 http://floorelf.com/?p=94#comment-8008 Hi Roger, I have a polyurethane shower base that is securely sealed in a mortar bed, but is 1/8" off on the level from the drain. Can I level off with epoxy, let it harden then lay down tile on top of that with epoxy? Hi Roger,
I have a polyurethane shower base that is securely sealed in a mortar bed, but is 1/8″ off on the level from the drain. Can I level off with epoxy, let it harden then lay down tile on top of that with epoxy?

]]> By: Roger http://floorelf.com/proper-setting-materials-for-tile/comment-page-3#comment-7528 Roger Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:21:48 +0000 http://floorelf.com/?p=94#comment-7528 Hey Little Elf (if that is your real name :suspect: ), That is a very, very significant height difference. The ones that sound hollow probably simply have less thinset beneath them. They aren't necessarily more prone to cracking (unless he had incomplete thinset coverage) but that is something you really can't predict without taking one or two up and seeing how the coverage is beneath it. Yes, it was a bad installation, the maximum allowable lippage depends on the individual tile but is rarely over 1/16" height difference, even that is a lot, and NEVER more than 1/8". Attempting to level part of the floor that much lower normally requires a medium-bed mortar which doesn't shrink as much. Hey Little Elf (if that is your real name :suspect: ),

That is a very, very significant height difference. The ones that sound hollow probably simply have less thinset beneath them. They aren’t necessarily more prone to cracking (unless he had incomplete thinset coverage) but that is something you really can’t predict without taking one or two up and seeing how the coverage is beneath it. Yes, it was a bad installation, the maximum allowable lippage depends on the individual tile but is rarely over 1/16″ height difference, even that is a lot, and NEVER more than 1/8″. Attempting to level part of the floor that much lower normally requires a medium-bed mortar which doesn’t shrink as much.

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