However tiling over tile can add quite a bit of thickness so make sure your wall can handle the weight.

Tile over sheetrock walls. If it s just white or grey tile away to your heart s content. Even in the best of scenarios the tile and grout will eventually wear down leaving behind a clear route for water to seep through and soak into the drywall. Regular drywall can be used as a base for tiles in a shower but only as an absolute last resort. If you are tiling an area that is not in a bathroom tiles can be applied directly to the sheetrock simply and easily.

Sheetrock or drywall is no different for tiling over than wood plaster cement or other wall materials. Peel back the paper and look at it carefully. Since they are available in a wide variety of colors designs and sizes they fit into any decor. Place strips of blue painter s tape over the tile face sticking each end to the wall to prevent the tiles from sliding.

If the paper is green it s greenboard and you shouldn t tile over it. The wall has to simply be prepared in order to complete this task properly. In most cases you ll be fine to tile over drywall. Water in these areas can eventually seep behind the tile and cause damage mold or pest infestations.

You may tile over existing tile painted or unpainted drywall plaster and textured walls. In areas that are exposed to an abundance of moisture it is better to install a cement board as a backer rather than a gypsum board. Use a utility knife to remove a little 1 2 square section of paint paper from the face of the drywall. Continue placing the first course of tiles in the same manner using spacers.

It will be fine to tile over drywall in low moisture areas such as tiling around a fireplace. Ceramic wall tiles provide an easy to clean surface for kitchen backsplashes and bathroom walls. If you re not sure if you have lead paint test kits are available. You should not tile over wallpaper glossy surfaces lead paint or plywood.

Apply pressure to sheet while drilling and pin smacking or the sheet will bounce away from wall and broken tile could potentially fall behind sheet and that would be bad and sticky to get out. Place sheet over tile and lightly smack the sheet in a few random places take out the hammer drill and pins drill a hole in the dead center of sheet put in a smack pin and hammer it. In areas of high moisture such as walls in a shower for long term durability it is not advised to install tile over drywall even if the drywall is type mr moisture resistant. You can tile over drywall in areas that are not exposed to excessive moisture and it is safe.

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