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1. 
   brucet9 | May 05, 2009 10:39pm | #1

   Try posting at this tile forum. I'm sure you will get a good answer.

   http://www.johnbridge.com/

   BruceT
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   BenM | May 05, 2009 11:25pm | #2

   Sounds good for a showroom.  Sounds bad for a permanent installation where you don't want the tiles to be easily removable.

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   EricPaulson | May 05, 2009 11:57pm | #3

   I've seen it done over stapled tarpaper.

    

    

   "When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking." — Sherlock Holmes, 1896

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   JTC1 | May 06, 2009 12:30am | #4

   What Ben and Eric said.

   The ringer is the cement substrate.

   If faced with the same problem, I think I would be inclined to lay 5/16" cement board onto the floor with no fasteners, tape the seams just like it was a "real" installation, then lay the tile in thinset onto the cement board, grout as usual.

   A "floating" tile floor.  I expect that removal would consist of picking up one edge and snapping the floor into 3'x5' sections for disposal.

   Somehow, that glued tar paper sounds like a nasty removal process........

   Check johnbridge as someone else mentioned -- they may have the quick / easy /cheap answer to your problem.

   Jim

   Never underestimate the value of a sharp pencil or good light.
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   seajai | May 06, 2009 05:05am | #5

   My local tile showroom uses pre-pasted wallpaper over the concrete and then tile. 

   

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   BillBrennen | May 06, 2009 06:35am | #6

   Oooohh! Thanks. I like that one a lot. Fast, cheap, water cleanup.Bill

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   JTC1 | May 06, 2009 02:35pm | #7

   That sounds good!

   JimNever underestimate the value of a sharp pencil or good light.

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   JComeau | May 06, 2009 05:28pm | #8

   Thanks all,

   I like the wall paper idea. I didn't know what to think when the idea was fisrt brought up.

   -jeff

6. 
   Huck | May 12, 2009 04:16am | #9

   That's pretty standard fare around here, except on old concrete, where there's little danger of new cracks.

   Its not for easy removal - its called a "slip sheet" or "isolation barrier", and its so cracks in the concrete from settling or from aftershocks don't telegraph through the tile.

   "...craftsmanship is first & foremost an expression of the human spirit." - P. Korn

   bakersfieldremodel.com

   
   

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   Edited 5/11/2009 9:24 pm by Huck

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   jonblakemore | May 12, 2009 04:59am | #10

   But the slip sheet is under a full mud bed, right?That seems counterproductive as far as easy removal goes. 

   Jon Blakemore RappahannockINC.com Fredericksburg, VA

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   Huck | May 12, 2009 05:18am | #11

   But the slip sheet is under a full mud bed, right?  That seems counterproductive as far as easy removal goes.

   Like I said, easy removal is not the goal, or even a factor, but it likely would make removal a little easier.  Its done pretty much exactly as described in the original post: the black paper is glued down with flooring adhesive (the same as you would use to glue a sheet vinyl floor down), and the tile is installed on top of that using thinset."...craftsmanship is first & foremost an expression of the human spirit." - P. Korn

   bakersfieldremodel.com