How Do You Install Backerboard For Tile Flooring?
The purpose of laying cement backerboard is to provide a stiff, smooth and continuous surface as a base for tile.Backerboard must be properly oriented and secured to ensure that it provides a strong foundation for your tiling project. Finishing with a smooth surface on the backerboard is critical to laying an even and flat tile floor. Orient the backerboard panels perpendicular to the plywood, ensuring that you avoid four-corner joints by staggering the backerboard panels such that one edge of a joint is always continuous. Four-corner joints result in weak points. Measure the panel for cutting and mark with a felt-tip pen, using the straightedge as a guide. Use a straightedge to guide the cutting with a utility knife. Repeat cutting until the fiberglass is cut through. Turn the panel over and repeat the process until the fiberglass on both sides is cut through. Snap the panel by pressing down with your hand and knee near the score line and lifting one edge of the panel. Pour the recomm
