Tiling Basement Bathroom Floor - Contractor Talk - Professional Construction and Remodeling Forum

highpeaks · 03-20-2009, 12:27 PM

Just finish pouring new slab section over new plumbing for a basement bathroom. I have some questions regarding laying tile.

1-The is a fine joint bewteen the old slab and the repaired section of concrete. How do I handle that?

2- The rest of floor is uneven and I need to level, SLC? Can I pour SLC over entire surface and then Ditra?

3-Old slab was painted years ago. How does SLC adhere?

4-Should I use an isolation membrane spanning old and new slab and then lay tile?

thanks

SLSTech · 03-20-2009, 02:53 PM

Remove old paint, level, thinset, Schluter Ditra & go

http://www.schluter.com/6_1_ditra.aspx

jarvis design · 03-20-2009, 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SLSTech

Remove old paint, level, thinset, Schluter Ditra & go

http://www.schluter.com/6_1_ditra.aspx

coveinspiration · 07-06-2009, 12:44 AM

Yeah get rid of the old paint for sure. Use a bonding agent before pouring the slc. If you have a lot of area to do get two guys to help mix the slc or you'll go nuts trying to mix and poor without it drying up on you too quickly.

Bud Cline · 07-06-2009, 01:09 PM