Sunday, January 31, 2010

Bathroom Part 4: Install the backerboard

First Piece of backboard is now glued down.  I'm using hardibacker 1/8" thick.  It's being glued down with pre-mixed thin set. 
On the last time job I did I used a much more expensive glue, but when I picked up that stuff this time the tile guy working in the hardware store told me to just mix up my own thinset.  He claimed that would work much better than the more expensive mix I was going to use.  I told him I really wanted pre-mixed and he said I should use pre-mix thin set then.  It was a savings of about $15.  It seemed to work just as well as the more expensive stuff.  Next time, I think I am going to try to mix it myself which cuts the price in half. 

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