Tile Over Cement Board

Installing tile directly on concrete.

Tile over cement board.

Thick cement board spans studs spaced 16 in. Tub to a height of 6 ft requires four 3 x 5 ft. Laying a cement board under a tile when using a cement backer board you can go with whether a inch thickness or a inch thickness. And 4 x 4 ft are available but you may have to contact a tile supplier to find them.

It depends on how high you want to raise your floor. Add 10 percent to this figure to allow for waste and cutting. There is no need to install backer board on a concrete substrate ceramic tile can be applied right over concrete provided the surface is flat smooth and free of significant cracks. Here are the basics of how to install tile over cement board.

Step 1 measure the area. But doing so is a very laborious time consuming process that is likely more trouble than it is worth. Other sizes like 3 x 4 ft 3 x 6 ft. This will tell you how much tile you should buy for the job.

Multiply the dimensions together to give you the exact square footage of the room. Our project tiling the walls around a standard 5 ft. Yet this application does make sense since concrete is heavy solid and is typically thought of as an unbending uncompromising material. For highly wet areas such as showers and bathtub surrounds cement board typically is attached directly over the wall studs and the studs may be covered with an intervening moisture membrane.

Use the tape measure and get the dimensions of the space. A better solution is to prepare and resurface the concrete slab so that it can accept thin set adhesive or a mortar base onto which to lay tile.