tile setting
Tile cannot be set down on any type of wood. The wood absorbs the water from the tinset before it has time to setup. The tiles will pop off/loosen. Use Hardibacker or wonderboard for your underlayment. Message: 1 Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 14:33:48 -0500 From: "J M" <jmudri@... Subject: tile setting Hi all, quick question for any tile setters out there. I'm putting down cermaic in my kitchen/morning room. I'm getting ready to put down 15/32 BC Pine plywood as the underlayer -- is this acceptable? A friends grandfather who own and operates a tile installation shop says not to use anything but AC Fir - because the tiles will begin to pop up within a year - is this true? He says there is a residue in pine that prevents the thinset from completly bonding to the plywood. Please let me know ASAP -- the pine goes down tomorrow. Thanks John