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Originally Posted by Unregistered  in response, as a professional tiler specialising in domestic work, i want to guarantee my customers that their shower enclosure wont leak, not that if or when it does there is damage limitation in place!
this is the point i have been driving at and no-one so far has convinced me otherwise!
if epoxy grout stops this, why not just use it?
also hardibacker boards are waterproof anyway.
ps i dont want to "sell" tanking i want to do the best tiling job possible.
i am happy to put the stuff on, god knows its not rocket science, i am just uncomfortable with the thought of water behind my tiles!
best regards, adam |
If you use cement based adhesives then it will with stand as much water as you can throw at it .. so to speak...after all swimming pools are tiled in it and are immersed in water for very long times.......if the correct adhesives are used then water will not affect them..it's the substrate that needs protecting from constant wetting.......not the adhesives or grouts........if correct ones are used.....