Are Marble Tikes Too Heavy For Walls

When tiling walls particularly in bathrooms or wet areas we like to use marmox tilebacker boards.

Are marble tikes too heavy for walls.

Cement board is a relatively new technology that combines fiberglass mesh with cement to create panels that can be cut and installed like drywall or. Proper preparation of the subfloor is critical and as a natural stone marble is considerably more difficult to cut and drill requiring specialty tools. The concrete on the walls is the thicker 1 2 inch board so that it matches the surrounding sheetrock and the board on the floor is a 1 4 thick. We used plastic behind a concrete board on the shower and concrete board on the floors.

The only special tool you need is a wet saw with a diamond blade. There are many ways to prep the walls and floors prior to installing tile. Marble tile is a very heavy but brittle stone and unprepared diyers may find that they waste a good deal of material through breakage. For these reasons most people choose to have pros.

Add the elegance of natural stone to your bathroom walls for little more than the cost of standard ceramic tiles. Home centers and tile shops carry a huge selection of marble limestone and granite and the installation techniques are virtually the same as for ceramic. These have been tested to hold well over 60 kgs per square metre and will therefore take even a 20mm thick marble tile and adhesive quite comfortably.