This article describes how to install ceramic tiles on a masonry wall to stop leaks, efflorescence, and to construct an attractive, durable wall covering. We discuss installation of ceramic wall tiles on masonry surfaces, on a leaky concrete wall, on cement backerboard, and on various interior ...
Installing Concrete Backer Board on the Shower Walls With the shower basin in place, it is time to prep the shower walls for tile. In wet locations, such as the shower, it is necessary to use a concrete backer board as a substrate for the wall tile. The backer board is a cement-based...
Setting up boards to plan the layout is a great way to avoid mistakes, and this is a critical step to achieve aesthetic corners. The goal is to avoid odd-looking corners by intersecting the two walls at a wider bead. Furthermore, you want the reveal to match on both pieces. Steve and...
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DIY Basement Insulation Using Foam Board The following is a great example of proper DIY basement insulation. If you’d like to see a more detailed article on how to do use this approach you can see thatHERE. Several years ago Iinsulated the basement wallsin our basement storage room. I i...
A vapor barrier is intended to keep water vapor or water molecules from passing through the barrier. Water vapor is a gas or "vapor". Plastic or polyethylene is a vapor barrier. The plastic sometimes used on the warm-side of building walls (on the wall interior under drywall in northern...
⅝” 11-TPI is the thread found on wedge anchors in hardware stores in the US. Wedge anchors are designed to hold walls to foundations but luckily for us we can use the same hardware to anchor an antenna. (We’ve also heard of concrete anchors that use epoxy so be sure to shop aro...
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How To Insulate Basement Walls with foam board can save energy and money. Insulate basement walls without worrying about mold after reading this article.
Ditra users: scroll down to the Schluter section below Tile under 15-inches over waterproof membranes on walls in wet areas like showers (note: includes waterproof foam boards such as Wedi and GoBoard) Ardex: X5, X77 Custom Building Products: FlexBond; Versabond Flex; Prolite Laticrete: 253 ...