We are tiling a small entry area and half bath, and are planning to use 3″ strips of the porcelain tile as the baseboard molding. The wall construction is mostly drywall in this area.
Should I cut a 2 3/4″ or so strip of the wallboard away and replace it with hardiboard? I suspect that I need to reinforce some of the areas anyway, so should I put solid blocking in all the way around? If I did put in solid blocking, could I just bring it out to flush with the drywall and tile over it, or will wood movement cause problems?
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I'd leave the wall base as is, and lay the tile right over the drywall. After all, the tile will not be taking any load, and there is little chance of bumping the wall with furniture or anything.....
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For something that small, I'd just tile right over the sheetrock.
Unless there's another problem, the bottom 2x plate should give the wall enough stiffness for 3" tile.
Unless you need to create a waterproof dam around the room, just stick the tile to the sheetrock.
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Ditto everyone else. No need for backer board. Not even really any need for thinset (if that's what you had in mind). Just use a bit of Liquid Nails or PL 400 or something of the like, stick the tile to the drywall, and grout it. Done.
Cool, thanks.I was more worried about expansion/contraction issues than bumping.But I've got to check to see if there is a bottom plate. Something tells me that there isn't over one wall.Old houses. The surprises never end.
If that one wall isn't moving, and the rock feels pretty solid, I'd still tile right over it.
The tile will stiffen things a bit, too.
That wall is behind the door though. I think it is a "false" wall to cover some plumbing, as it is over the original exterior wall which is all brick.But maybe when I get the next layer of flooring up, I'll find the bottom plate.