[Taurus Flooring]

I've been installing tiles for quite a while now and one of the most frustrating things I have to deal with, is unlevel walls. Even when I've worked with contractors and had made it clear to them that a level wall was crucial, I still get tsunami walls.
Have you a unique way of dealing with it?:huh:

 

[Inner10]

By level do you mean plumb?

If you really want it flat tar paper, lath and mud should do a good job.

 

[rselectric1]

If our tile guru Angus was online right now, he'd repeat that level/plumb is not nearly as important as FLAT.

 

[Inner10]

If our tile guru Angus was online right now, he'd repeat that level/plumb is not nearly as important as FLAT.

Angus would tell us to 5-dot every tile with nice thick blobs of mastic to obtain a nice smooth plane.

 

[rselectric1]

Angus would tell us to 5-dot every tile with nice thick blobs of mastic to obtain a nice smooth plane.

Do you want me to delete this post before he sees it? :laughing:

 

[Inner10]

Do you want me to delete this post before he sees it? :laughing:

I'm fishing, I want to see if he takes the bait. :laughing:

 

[charimon]

My answer is Tec 3n1 :thumbsup: being both a thin and medium bed mortar you can float out many out of plumb areas, add in the no slip (6# /sf) properties and it is hard to find a better mortar for walls.

 

[TNTRenovate]

I am guessing by his description he is talking about flat. The " tsunami" reference would indicate a wavy wall (crown in and out).

Screw the paper and lathe route, those crazy hobbiest...

Drywall shims as a first resort. That has always worked for me. If they are way out of plane you can sister or plane as needed.

 

[MTN REMODEL LLC]

If the framers can't crown... and the drywallers can't shim.... either charge alot... or put vinyl tile on the shower wall.....:clap:

 

[jarvis design]

I've always been lucky enough to only tile walls that I have framed/trued and boarded. I have done maybe 2-3 jobs where I tiled onto someone else's "prep" job. Remember them sucking!