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Bathroom flooring faceman28208@yahoo.com 05-02-2008
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Posted by faceman28208@yahoo.com on May 2, 2008, 5:20 pm
I am renovating a bathroom. The rooms is stripped to the studs with a
plywood base.

I plan to put a layer of cement board down over the plywood as a base
for the tilers to work on.

The plywood is rather uneven so the cement board will ride over
ridges.

Is there some kind of compound I should apply first to level out the
floor before the cement board or should I simply not be concerned?

Posted by evodawg on May 2, 2008, 5:35 pm
faceman28208@yahoo.com wrote:

> I am renovating a bathroom. The rooms is stripped to the studs with a
> plywood base.
>
> I plan to put a layer of cement board down over the plywood as a base
> for the tilers to work on.
>
> The plywood is rather uneven so the cement board will ride over
> ridges.
>
> Is there some kind of compound I should apply first to level out the
> floor before the cement board or should I simply not be concerned?

how uneven?? Use hardy board not cement board.Hardy board is much easier to
work with and also use the screws they recommend.

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Posted by Big_Jake on May 2, 2008, 9:49 pm
wrote:
> I am renovating a bathroom. The rooms is stripped to the studs with a
> plywood base.
>
> I plan to put a layer of cement board down over the plywood as a base
> for the tilers to work on.
>
> The plywood is rather uneven so the cement board will ride over
> ridges.
>
> Is there some kind of compound I should apply first to level out the
> floor before the cement board or should I simply not be concerned?

You could "laminate" the cement board to the floor with thin set. It
should level out the ridges and also should serve to make the whole
floor stronger.

JK

Posted by Joe on May 4, 2008, 10:48 am
wrote:
> I am renovating a bathroom. The rooms is stripped to the studs with a
> plywood base.
>
> I plan to put a layer of cement board down over the plywood as a base
> for the tilers to work on.
>
> The plywood is rather uneven so the cement board will ride over
> ridges.
>
> Is there some kind of compound I should apply first to level out the
> floor before the cement board or should I simply not be concerned?

The 'compound' you need is called a sander, either a belt sander or
(easier) random orbit sander. Given a typical 8 x 10 bathroom you can
get all the bumps out of the floor in about 15 minutes. Some pros then
coat the plywood with the cheapest polyurethane they can find to get
better adhesion/performance out of the thinset or whatever they use
under the tile substrate board. This method will yield the sturdiest
floor for unusually thin or even fragile tiles.. HTH

Joe

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