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whk · 10-09-2007, 06:23 PM

This may be a dumb idea, but I'd rather hear from you than learn it first hand.

I'm going to be putting Mexican tile on a basement floor, but part of the floor (maybe 50 square feet) is about 1/2 to 1" low. I've looked around on the website, and it looks like I should use deck mud (and I've seen the instructions in the FAQ). I've got no experience with deck mud, and I don't know if it can be feathered out as needed. Instead I thought that I could just put down an initial layer of thinset, and then follow that with the usual thinset and tile installation.

I've also seen people suggest using self leveling cement, but I think that would cost an awful lot.

Thanks for the help,

Will

10-09-2007, 06:23 PM	#1
whk Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 11	Building up low spots with thinset? This may be a dumb idea, but I'd rather hear from you than learn it first hand. I'm going to be putting Mexican tile on a basement floor, but part of the floor (maybe 50 square feet) is about 1/2 to 1" low. I've looked around on the website, and it looks like I should use deck mud (and I've seen the instructions in the FAQ). I've got no experience with deck mud, and I don't know if it can be feathered out as needed. Instead I thought that I could just put down an initial layer of thinset, and then follow that with the usual thinset and tile installation. I've also seen people suggest using self leveling cement, but I think that would cost an awful lot. Thanks for the help, Will