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#15999 - 06/27/10 10:24 AM Mortar over and under membrane?
ripva1 New Member Registered: 06/27/10 Posts: 2	I am tiling a shower and the plumber put the membrane down over the level floor.Am I okay to just slope the mortar bed for the tile? Also, can the mortar be applied directly to the rubber membrane? Thanks.
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#16001 - 06/27/10 11:39 AM Re: Mortar over and under membrane? [Re: ripva1]
RC Senior Member Registered: 10/21/03 Posts: 1750 Loc: Ontario, Canada	Go to this link to see how a shower pan mud base with liner should be done. http://www.ontariotile.com/preslope.html Yours is not done correctly. _________________________ Randall
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#16004 - 06/28/10 05:38 AM Re: Mortar over and under membrane? [Re: RC]
ripva1 New Member Registered: 06/27/10 Posts: 2	Thanks. That was the link that I looked at that raised the question. So in order to get it right I will need to pull up the membrane? Or is there any way around that? Matt
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#16005 - 06/28/10 06:15 AM Re: Mortar over and under membrane? [Re: ripva1]
RC Senior Member Registered: 10/21/03 Posts: 1750 Loc: Ontario, Canada	Sorry, your going to have to remove the liner and some of the backer board if that was installed. _________________________ Randall
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#16115 - 08/01/10 10:00 PM Re: Mortar over and under membrane? [Re: RC]
Jaz Senior Member Registered: 03/11/02 Posts: 618 Loc: Troy, Michigan U.S.A.	Right, and tell the plumber how he should have done his work. Jaz _________________________ Tile 4 You..Troy,Michigan U.S.A. www.tile4you.com KERDI Shower Specialist-DITRA Installs-Containers of TRAVERTINE direct, ship anywhere. SAVE 40-70% I've NEVER made a mistake, I thought I did once...but I was wrong!
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