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Road Side Pub
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<blockquote data-quote="madscotsman" data-source="post: 15482642" data-attributes="member: 141027"><p>[ATTACH=full]78333[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]78332[/ATTACH] The key when installing tile over sheetrock is the weight of the tile. Sheetrock has a limit as to what weight it can hold, before the "paper" surface rips off the drywall. I did an entire wall around an electric fireplace I installed. There is a newer (to me anyway?!?) product used for tile that I have used in a bathroom around a mirror an now on the entire wall in our "sitting" room. It is a <a href="https://www.lowes.com/pd/MusselBound-15-sq-ft-0-031-in-White-Plastic-Commercial-Residential-Tile-Membrane/50141955" target="_blank">heavy duty double-sided tape</a>, used specifically for tile. I added additional drywall screws to our wall and tiled it from floor to ceiling with this stuff and it has been rock solid for over a year. I haven't yet grouted some of the seams you can see, but will get around to it. It's pretty hard to mount interlocking "stacked" stone tiles with adhesive tape on the back and not get a few gaps. Once that stuff touches the drywall, it's stuck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="madscotsman, post: 15482642, member: 141027"] [ATTACH=full]78333[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]78332[/ATTACH] The key when installing tile over sheetrock is the weight of the tile. Sheetrock has a limit as to what weight it can hold, before the "paper" surface rips off the drywall. I did an entire wall around an electric fireplace I installed. There is a newer (to me anyway?!?) product used for tile that I have used in a bathroom around a mirror an now on the entire wall in our "sitting" room. It is a [URL='https://www.lowes.com/pd/MusselBound-15-sq-ft-0-031-in-White-Plastic-Commercial-Residential-Tile-Membrane/50141955']heavy duty double-sided tape[/URL], used specifically for tile. I added additional drywall screws to our wall and tiled it from floor to ceiling with this stuff and it has been rock solid for over a year. I haven't yet grouted some of the seams you can see, but will get around to it. It's pretty hard to mount interlocking "stacked" stone tiles with adhesive tape on the back and not get a few gaps. Once that stuff touches the drywall, it's stuck. [/QUOTE]
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