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Backsplash Backboard
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06-11-2006, 08:45 AM
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Trade: tile design & installation
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Location: Lowell, MA
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Backsplash Backboard
Tiling a kitchen backsplash between countertop and cabinets
wall is painted can I install tile over the painted walls? or do I need to cut out that drywall and screw bare backerboard into studs then apply tile |
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06-12-2006, 09:46 AM
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Tile Contractor
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Location: Southern Wisconsin
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Re: Backsplash Backboard
general practice is to glue backsplashes over existing sheetrock using mastic
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06-12-2006, 05:56 PM
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Trade: Tile installations
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Re: Backsplash Backboard
Yes, you can tile over painted walls, but if a gloss finish, I would rough sand it first, Mastic is fine as long as the tile is under 8" square and aren't stone.
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