Been awhile - took some vacation time to refresh and recharge before the big work onslaught begins. Decided to put ceramic tile on the upstairs bathroom floor - so much for refresh and recharge. Have you ever tried to do the "score and snap" with cement backerboard? It's a nightmare, a complete nightmare. I still display visible bodily harm from the entire affair. Almost good to be back to work.Caught the 6:12am 81N this morning at 6:18am. Not sure why he was running late since there were only five people on the bus and none of them in wheelchairs. I suppose there could have been an accident clogging an intersection, but methinks probably not. I meant to take the 5:57am since the driver makes for a nice ride, but excessive dawdling and futzing put me a wee bit behind the power curve. The 6:12am driver seemed a bit surly - just like the 6am66 guy. Perhaps they're not morning people? I will try to keep regular on the 5:57am - the driver provides an upbeat start to the day and it appears to harbor regular riders. Perhaps some interesting observations will result.
Today's image honors the aroma of this morning's bus. It smelled like someone transported an entire, unwashed football team after a long, difficult, extremely sweaty game - yowza - nasty stuff. A thorough steam cleaning would help immensely.
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"score and snap with cement backerboard"...Terminological difficulties abound for us poor right-ponders...Granted it's to do with floor or wall tiling, is it to do with scoring and snapping ceramic or earthenware tiles (which certainly can be a nightmare if there are some unusual shapes required)...or plastic tiles on some sort of backing? or mosaic tiles on a backing of some kind perhaps? Help!
According to the tile experts, cement backerboard must be installed over flexible (i.e., wood) subfloors to provide a rigid surface upon which to lay ceramic tile. It's like sheetrock/ drywall/ gypsum board but for the floor. It consists of Portland cement and fiberglass and, although only 1/4" thick, is extremely strong. It comes in 3'X 5' sheets and is pre-scored in a 1" grid on one side. It allegedly can be further scored with a utility knife (ha!) and snapped off in needed sizes. The utility knife was a joke and I even bought a carbide-tipped knife specifically designed to score the backerboard and we could barely get it to scratch. The backerboard sported large words saying it was easy to use, just "score and snap" and I fell for their marketing lies. What a trap! We really needed a circular saw with carbide blade. Oh well ...
OK yes...got it now and we do have similar products right-pond - laying a tiled surface over a flexible base is always going to be difficult...and the more rigid the board base, the tougher it's going to be to cut...
Personally I've usually gone down the path of "flattening" the floorboards with hardboard tacked down rough face up, then applying an adhesive folowed by what you refer to as a "backerboard"
Tough stuff this terminology...take Spackle for instance...non-existent over here!
God bless!
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