Shower wall materials-Cement Backer Board or Drywall

Bosslady1 · #1 Mar 3, 2008, 03:52 PM

I have a debate going on regarding whether one should use cement backer board or waterproof drywall on the shower walls before installing the ceramic tile. What is most commonly used in the industry?

Looking forward to your answers

Clough · Mar 3, 2008, 03:59 PM

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Clough · Mar 3, 2008, 04:03 PM

I have always heard that backer board would be the most commonly used in the industry of redoing or building shower walls. But, that's not an absolute, because how you seal the tiles does make a difference too. I do have a story about shower walls though, if you would like to hear it?



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