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Found 1/2 Sheetrock Under Ceramic Tile Floor
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11-22-2009, 09:13 AM
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Found 1/2 Sheetrock Under Ceramic Tile Floor
This is one on me.
Is this a new way of installing ceramic tile floors in a bathroom. I went to look a a floor in a 5 year old town house in Hew Hampshire that had a major mold problem. Shower leaking. The tiles were cracked and loose. under the tile was 1/2 sheetrock. Is this a actual practice that i'm not aware of. |
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11-22-2009, 09:30 AM
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solar guy
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Re: Found 1/2 Sheetrock Under Ceramic Tile Floor
not on this planet it's not
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11-22-2009, 09:40 AM
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The Remodeler
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Re: Found 1/2 Sheetrock Under Ceramic Tile Floor
Holy Hackjob, Batman!
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11-22-2009, 09:44 AM
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11-22-2009, 09:47 AM
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Re: Found 1/2 Sheetrock Under Ceramic Tile Floor
Check the walls, maybe the cement board is there, the installer just mixed up the products
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11-22-2009, 09:53 AM
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Re: Found 1/2 Sheetrock Under Ceramic Tile Floor
WTF? How did it last 5 years?
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11-22-2009, 10:41 AM
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Re: Found 1/2 Sheetrock Under Ceramic Tile Floor
could it be a hardibacker type material that you have not seen before and assume it is rock?
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11-22-2009, 11:13 AM
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Re: Found 1/2 Sheetrock Under Ceramic Tile Floor!!!
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11-22-2009, 11:34 AM
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Re: Found 1/2 Sheetrock Under Ceramic Tile Floor
Yeah it could be a densgaurd type of board which can be used for flooring. May look just like drywall.
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11-22-2009, 11:37 AM
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Re: Found 1/2 Sheetrock Under Ceramic Tile FloorQuote:
What if the shower leaked and the installer used DensShield for the floor? While it's not like regular gypsum board, it does have a gypsum core. or That installer was one helluva HACK!!!! 
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11-22-2009, 12:12 PM
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Re: Found 1/2 Sheetrock Under Ceramic Tile Floor
Hey, Remember the guy trying to convince everyone that his new CBU shower base was gonna change the World??
Maybe this was his first attempt!! 
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11-22-2009, 12:17 PM
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Re: Found 1/2 Sheetrock Under Ceramic Tile Floor
At least they could have used "Green board".
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11-22-2009, 12:44 PM
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Re: Found 1/2 Sheetrock Under Ceramic Tile Floor
http://www.cgcinc.com/home.asp?nav=1...30&bc=1.48.157
Never used it but apparently it works Probably looks just like reg. d-wall.
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11-22-2009, 01:26 PM
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Re: Found 1/2 Sheetrock Under Ceramic Tile Floor
I have demo'd tile floors with the gypsum backer. The floor was in good shape they just wanted a updated look.
Nothing hackie about if it was actual backer and not sheetrock. |
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11-22-2009, 01:55 PM
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Re: Found 1/2 Sheetrock Under Ceramic Tile Floor
Was wet sheetrock behind the tile the cause of the mold problem? Sounds hack to me.
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11-22-2009, 02:39 PM
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Re: Found 1/2 Sheetrock Under Ceramic Tile Floor
I have had two 4x8 sheets of DensShield leaning against the back of my house since January. They look the same as the first day I got them, no mold, no damage, nothing.
So, I know there is gypsum stuff that doesn't have issues with moisture. I have also left normal drywall I demo'd in my backyard for a couple weeks before I had the time to take it away and it was mush and growing mushrooms.
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11-22-2009, 03:50 PM
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Re: Found 1/2 Sheetrock Under Ceramic Tile FloorQuote:
I'm not sure it looks like sheet rock it falls a part with water like sheet rock. It clearly has paper on each side. I just can't phathom a contractor using it on all the floors unless it is a new material of some sort. He will not answer my calls |
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11-22-2009, 03:54 PM
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Re: Found 1/2 Sheetrock Under Ceramic Tile FloorQuote:
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Hi It is everywhere there is a leak at the front door and the water has got under the tile and it's all mold there also. The same tile runs right through the house on the first floor. |
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11-22-2009, 04:06 PM
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Re: Found 1/2 Sheetrock Under Ceramic Tile Floor
What is gypsum backer and where would you find it or what would you
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11-22-2009, 09:50 PM
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Re: Found 1/2 Sheetrock Under Ceramic Tile Floor
What a hackk
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