Tiles against the wall

[coffee4me]

Hi,

Like to put some tiles against the wall. The section is about 5 feet long and 3 feet high.
The wall is drywall. Do I need to put some plywood up in order to tile this ? Or does it need wood and then backerboard before I can tile this ?
The tiles are probably gonna be the 'normal' standard 4x4 ceramic tiles.

Thank you

[kevjob]

is it in a shower or tub area? if not go ahead and tile right over drywall might want to rough up paint a little first though

[coffee4me]

Thank you, Kevin!

[John Bridge]

Welcome aboard, Coffee.

[coffee4me]

Thank you!

My name is Danny.

Will visit this Forum often, since I have some projects to do...

[coffee4me]

To 'just' put tiles up against the wall, do I use a mastic ?
A pre-mix adhesive ?

[RAEIKEN]

If it is an area that you are sure will never get wet, then mastic will work fine.

-Ron

[coffee4me]

Thank you, Ron.
I appreciate the speedy reply!

[cmorton]

Hello -

Can a mix of ceramic and glass tiles be put on drywall in a kitchen backsplash? It's mostly ceramic subway tiles with glass mosaic accents (3 glass pieces at each short end of subway) Thank you

Carla

[kevjob]

yes but the mortar for glass will have to be used on the ceramocs as well becasue glass is thinner than ceramic. use highly modified mortar like megaflex

[smokingtable]

I use 'flexbond' modified thinset for mosaics that have tile and glass and mirror. I usually glue two pieces of glass together before setting to get the height up. I've never had a problem, even on the floor. I'll post a photo tomorrow when I get home.

Jerimiah

[smokingtable]

here the pic i promised, this is on regular hardibacker with regular modified thinset. the glass is doubled like mentioned. I have another simular on my frontporch walkway that takes lots of abuse and no problems.
Jerimiah