Mortar over and under membrane? - North American Tile

You are not logged in. [Log In] North American Tile » Forums » General Tile Discussions » Showers / Steamrooms » Mortar over and under membrane?

Maximum Span Calculator for Joists

Sponsored Links

Post Your Photos!

Topic Options

#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.
Top

#16001 - 06/27/10 11:39 AM Re: Mortar over and under membrane? [Re: ripva1]
RC Senior Member Registered: 10/21/03 Posts: 1797 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
Top

#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
Top

#16005 - 06/28/10 06:15 AM Re: Mortar over and under membrane? [Re: ripva1]
RC Senior Member Registered: 10/21/03 Posts: 1797 Loc: Ontario, Canada	Sorry, your going to have to remove the liner and some of the backer board if that was installed. _________________________ Randall
Top

#16115 - 08/01/10 10:00 PM Re: Mortar over and under membrane? [Re: RC]
Jaz Senior Member Registered: 03/11/02 Posts: 624 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!
Top

Newest Members

yes123, Curt, joke, keys, eliav
3463 Registered Users

(Views)Popular Topics

Where do I begin...	61225
Kerdi Board	39705
Installing Nu Heat on Cement Slab	26056
Kerdi over Denshield	20993
Help with preslope!!	20556
Self-leveling compound on plywood	18554
slate tile on heated floor	16200
best liquid waterproofing?	14969
Ted's Shower	14236
New here, new to tile, and i have a new project.	13906

Forum Stats

3463 Members
16 Forums
3502 Topics
17306 Posts

Max Online: 556 @ 05/14/12 10:04 PM