Tileing Countertops

TMF

Ive done alot of tile but never on counter tops,How do I go about it,there is no counter top now, do I use backer board,concrete????then install my tile.

Glasshousebltr

Small removable frame with 3/4 ply screwed and glued together. Frame to cab, just screwed. Backer board screwed on ply with thin set. Tile over, grout, then drink beer.

If your installing a backsplash, incorporate that to the frame.

Bob

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TMF

sounds good to me I thought I had the idea of it but wasnt sure,I like the drink beer part better.Thanks

Glasshousebltr

Be sure to check back. I imagine some of the other fellas have some cool methods as well.

Also, I like to use fiberbond backer in that application.

Bob

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Teetorbilt

I use 2 layers of marine grade ply, 3/4" ea. as a base. Tile can be set in a variety of manners. I push a high temp epoxy as a setting medium. It protects the ply and allows the top to be used for anything.

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onhitch

in that situation i drink molson

Teetorbilt

Bob quit drinking, one reason that I'm not in a rush to get up there. He does claim to play billiards though. I'm wondering how badly I can trash him.

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R&D Tile

Countertops, 2 layers of plywood, ext. grade AC or BC, 1/2" over 3/4", then 1/4" backerboard installed in unmodified thinset and screwed down, or use a membrane instead of the CBU, use strips of CBU on the face of the framing for the tile also, screw and thinset them on.

If you use CBU, you can use Redgard over the whole thing if you want it waterproofed as well.

ccoffer

Single layer of 3/4 exposure 1 plywood(or Advantek) plus a layer of 3/8, Ditra and Ditraset + Spectralock Pro grout. Any other method will be vastly inferior in that application.

R&D Tile

Unless it's mudded.

FLOORING GURU

I actually just turned down a countertop job because I didnt know how. I would have known it was that easy I would sold that one in a heartbeat.
I got a question though, Is it absolutley necessary to use plywood or frame the countertop? Couldnt you just cut off any rounded edges from the counter and just attach backer board and then apply the tile? Plus if your countertop is one that has the 3" high lip on the backsplash wall how would you go about framing/tiling that? I would think that 3/4" plus backerboard plus the tile would be a complaint catcher as far as the hieght goes? Anyone ever had any complaints about the new hieght?
Thanks...........CM

Teetorbilt

The truth be known, most are so behind the times that I don't reply to many topics. Go here http://www.loctite.com/int_henkel/loctite/entry.cfm
and learn.

I can stick a tile to your chest and you'll have to live with it until the skin sloghes off. On the chest, that would be a month or so.

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reveivl

You are a font of information, Teetor, thankyou.

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Mike Finley

It sounds like you are talking about a post formed Formica counter top with a coved backsplash. If that is the case you normally simply wouldn't have to worry about what you are talking about because you wouldn't do what you are talking about.