Posted: 6/22/2014 3:07:47 PM EDT
| I'm re-doing my parents tile bathroom. My great-great uncle did it 38 years ago. It's a second floor bathroom. My question is with the base layer. The tile has never had a single crack in it. He did a great job. But now I'm tearing out the old tile and noticed a base layer that I haven't experienced before. It looks like he first put down a metal pan on top of the plywood flooring. Then a vapor barrier. Then it looks like they poured some form of thin set/concrete substance on top with a wire mesh in it. After tearing out the tile it doesn't have any cracks or seem soft anywhere. So do I need to tear this out and put cement board down? Or can I just put the tile on top of this surface? Thanks in advance |
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It really depends on what tile you install
For example, my company usually installs large format porcelain Or natural stone so we mostly use custom marble and granite medium bed Setting mortar or prolite Mortars don't shrink when used in thicker applications like thinset |
| Now my next question. When the tile was done they installed the medicine cabinet first. So in turn, there isn't a mud pan where the medicine cabinet was. The new medicine cabinet has legs, so the flooring under it needs to be complete. What would you guys suggest? Can I put cement board down in that area? Thanks |