Tile Over Cement Board

Tub to a height of 6 ft requires four 3 x 5 ft.

Tile over cement board.

Our project tiling the walls around a standard 5 ft. Other sizes like 3 x 4 ft 3 x 6 ft. Thick cement board spans studs spaced 16 in. Yet this application does make sense since concrete is heavy solid and is typically thought of as an unbending uncompromising material.

Multiply the dimensions together to give you the exact square footage of the room. But doing so is a very laborious time consuming process that is likely more trouble than it is worth. Ceramic and porcelain tile are so frequently installed at or above grade level on a cement board underlayment or directly on plywood that it almost seems novel to install tile directly on concrete. For highly wet areas such as showers and bathtub surrounds cement board typically is attached directly over the wall studs and the studs may be covered with an intervening moisture membrane.

It depends on how high you want to raise your floor. This will tell you how much tile you should buy for the job. Installing tile directly on concrete. Add 10 percent to this figure to allow for waste and cutting.

Step 1 measure the area. Use the tape measure and get the dimensions of the space. Laying a cement board under a tile when using a cement backer board you can go with whether a inch thickness or a inch thickness. And 4 x 4 ft are available but you may have to contact a tile supplier to find them.

Technically cement board can be laid over a concrete slab as the base for a tile installation. In order to install tile over cement board you will need to first measure the room.