Wonderboard For Tile Floor

Wonderboard is a popular brand of fiber cement backer board.

Wonderboard for tile floor.

Custom building products wonderboard lite 5 ft. Wonderboard is a very fibrous material its cement core heavily interlaced with long fibers designed to help hold the board together. Concrete expands and contracts and that type of movement can also crack the tiles and the grout. Durock brand 0 5 in x 36 in x 60 in cement backer board.

26 products in backer board. Cement backerboard is a thin layer of concrete with fiberglass mesh on both sides. It s available in sheets of many sizes with 3 foot by 5 foot sheets being the most common. Wonderboard lite is also used for decks floors countertops pools and hot tubs.

If you re installing tiles or stonework on the floor on walls or on a countertop you need an underlayment of concrete board for stability and moisture protection and wonderboard fits the bill. Installing a cement backerboard is crucial when you want a waterproof tile floor that lasts for years without cracking. When installing a ceramic tile floor on a concrete subfloor you don t have to worry about flexing as long as the concrete slab is at least 1 1 8 inch thick which most slabs are. For flooring in kitchens that backing is usually just plywood or another type of organic based wood material because this flooring is not subject to much water.

Wonderboard works well for these locations because it is the only backer that will not fail when the water inevitably penetrates the tile. Available in 36 x 60 sizes either 7 16 or 1 4 thick wonderboard can be cut with a utility knife. When you lay down tile you need a backing base that will accept the thinset mortar. It s similar to such competing brands as hardiebacker durock and fiberock.

Flooring tile tile accessories backer board. However you re not out of the woods. Backer board gcb60l the home depot. For pricing and availability.