Ceramic Tile Thinset Coverage

Versabond cures quickly even in cold climates and adheres to most surfaces.

Ceramic tile thinset coverage. These steps for applying grout will improve your tiles placement and appearance. Hold the tile in your hand and scrape the trowel over the surface to deposit and smooth a thin layer of grout. 4 inch 12 inch tile. 90 100 sq ft.

All fields below are required. For example a 10 by 12 foot room is 120 square feet. 12 inch 16 inch tile. And as a general rule err on the side of greater coverage especially when you re dealing with large floor tile.

Coverage shall be sufficiently distributed to give support of the tile especially at corners and edges. Maximum coverage area sq. Gray thinset mortar is typically used with ceramic and porcelain floor tiles. Fortified thin set mortar is a professional formula all purpose mortar polymer modified to provide good bond strength for floor and tile projects.

Enter your measurement as a decimal 1 5 or a fraction 1 1 2. Trowel size based on largest dimension coverage based on 50lbs bag mesh mosaics. Ft less than 99 12 99 199 4 399 and greater 11 flooring material features. Glass tile always requires 100.

Custom building products glass tile 7 lb. Thinset grout coverage info. Custom building products versabond 50 lbs. Mapei recommends adding 5 to 10 in overage to ensure that your entire project is covered.

Actual jobsite coverage may vary according to tile size and thickness exact joint width job conditions and grouting methods. For natural stone that number is 95 to 100. Butter the back of each ceramic tile with a skim coat before placing the tile. One supplier s quote is for 70 50lb bags of ditra set thin set and medium bed mortar and 10 50lb bags 253 gold multipurpose white thin set mortar.

White premium thin set mortar model gtmw7 4 15 87 15 87. 75 85 sq ft. Certain types of tile carry their own coverage recommendations as well. Subtotal 1 386 90 ship price residential delivery 497 00 total 1 883 90.

Round the number up to the next whole number. This helps to prevent tiles from cracking. Second quote is for 70 10 50lb bags but the product difference is for. 4 inch 12 inch tile.

White thinset mortar is used with natural stone materials and glass tiles. Divide the square footage of your project by 95 the maximum coverage of a 50 pound bag of thinset. Per ansi a108 19 for gauged porcelain tiles or gauged porcelain tile panels slabs installed on floors in any single square foot under the embedded tile thin set coverage will be a minimum of 85.