CEMENT BOARD DIY
Post-basement flood. More flooring questions!?
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I haven’t been able to do much about the floor yet. I pulled the tiles out of the first room, but that seems to be counter-productive, so I think it’ll stay this way. The utility room was basically untouched (because of the drain) and so the original linoleum can stay without problems. two other rooms are covered in carpet glue (which is evil to get off. Evil.)
I want to know what to do now. DIY Doc mentioned installing concrete backer board. I’m game. But how do I do it? Everything I’ve been able to find tells me to nail or screw it down after putting it into the mortar. How do I do this over cement?
Also, once I have everything nice and smooth, what should I put down? Ceramic tiles? Laminate? (Please, please don’t suggest carpet or vinyl.) I want something I can conceivably do myself. Thanks to a local source, I can get quality ceramic tiles and laminate cheaply.
What do I do?
Help me please please please?
Cheezy offers the method and hardware. The rationale certainly is to add to, or strictly cause that substrate to be as stable as possible. I use TAP CONS for concrete or block installations, and in your case they are sold with a flat, tapered head, similar to a drywall screw, and in various lengths. Certainly you can apply mastic as well.
The concrete board is a standard for ceramic tile installations. The issue might still be the possibility of flooding again, in which case no matter what you do, you could have problems in the future. Personally, I’d go with tile in a basement anyway, but that’s just my opinion.
Steven Wolf
Just my two “sense”
Obviously the job will be more tedious, and labor intensive than just walking in and dropping flooring over what exists now, but you’ve already experienced labor that hasn’t been very satisfying.
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