I was talking to a man at Lowe's about my bathroom remodel. He said to use cement board in the shower area (which I understand), but he also said to use the cement board everywhere in the bathroom where there is going to be tile. There will be floor to ceiling tile in the shower area, and tile up about 4 feet everywhere else. The man at Lowe's said that tile will fall off drywall after awhile because condensation will loosen the paper on the drywall and the weight of the tile will just make it fall off. So, I asked about paperless drywall, and he didn't know about that.

So... is it really a no-no to put ceramic tile over drywall? Anywhere in the bathroom? What about in a hallway?

Thank you!

It is OK to use green board in non wet areas.

Use wonderboard in wet areas

Good luck

Chuck

The man at Lowe's graduated from the bottom half of the class of free advice givers. Wonderboard, Hardiebacker board, cement board Schluters system are all good for wet areas and are not needed for non-wet surfaces. Greenboard is water resistant at best and paperless is a good option but ordianry drywall is acceptabke by code but most installers want their work to last and go greenboard.

Thank you! The advise I got from the man at Lowe's really seemed a little over the top. I think he just wanted to sell me the more expensive cement board! I may be back here from time to time with more questions... I've never demolished and rebuilt a bathroom before. There's a lot to know!

(Personal note) By the way, ballengerb1, from Wheaton... I grew up in Villa Park, IL... small world! Also, my great grandfather's name was Ballinger (with an "i" instead of "e").

There is a meshing that you can buey at any masonary ware house for seramic tile, specificly designed for dry wall that is painted that is what you need

Caroln, send me a PM and I'll tell you more about me and Villa park, there's a lot.

Hi Ballenger,
I don't think I've been a user long enough to access private messaging yet. I read that 48 hours is required before all features are available on this site. Here's what I got:


caroln242, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

If you are trying to post, you probably have not activated your account by clicking the link in the email we sent to you. Remember, the email may be in your bulk email folder.

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post or access administrative features or some other privileged system?

Click on my name to theleft of this post. You should be given many options including e-mail and private messaging. If not try reviweing your own profile to insure you completed everything.

Carolyn, you have no contact information in your profile. I suspect you clicked on something you should not have and have not created or allowed e-mail and/or private messaging. Ciompleteing your profile can be a slight pain but read every part as you edit your profile. Start by clicking on your profile and then read the left column, click on edit options.

Ballenger, I checked this box in the "edit options" section:
Receive Email from Other Members via a Form (your email is not revealed).
So far, it still says I have no contact information on my profile, but then again, it says the same thing when I click on your profile, except that you have instant messaging. But when I click on that, it doesn't do anything.

It does, however, now show my homepage when you click on my name. It's my family history website and I have an e-mail link on the site which you can use to contact me. Somehow that seems simpler than trying to contact you here!

Carol