General Tile Discussion

I'm doing a shower over a wood subfloor. Issac in videos says to put down plastic with a galvanized lath stapled over the plastic. Do you run the plastic and lath up the sides also? Thx in advance

Hey everyone,

I am planning on self performing the work for a new construction curb less shower in my home. My wife and I would like to use Micro Cement (SureCrete MicroTek brand). I want to use the MicroTek on the shower walls, and floors of the entire bathroom. Does anyone have experience with this type of install? Am I approaching it right?

Here are some details and my plans:

• Wood subfloor

• Shower pan; Planning on a dry pack shower pan with FloFX FlowFx drain. install tar paper and metal lath under deck mud for adherence to wood subfloor.

• Walls; Cement board backer

Any thoughts? let me know.

Finally got the wall boards installed, Issac wasn't joking when he said it was really sticky and got on stuff you didn't intend it to get on no matter how careful. The boards score and snap really easy, loved how simple it was to cut the boards. Though the edges can snap with sharp edges, got cut twice before I started wearing a glove on the hand I used to maneuver the board for installation.

So pleased with my clean install, my walls are flat and plumb, my cuts and hole cuts are perfect so I have a spare untouched board. Once I've finalized on the tile selection I can make a storyboard and figure out the location for the two niches.