Sep 21, 2010 · I am building a new home and have a question about wall and ceiling board in bathrooms. My confusion is over where to install normal drywall, where to install greenboard or …

Jan 20, 2019 · In tile areas, we always used cementitious board; in bathrooms, kitchens and basements where the finish was simply paint, we would use a paperless gypsum wall board such as USG …

Feb 28, 2025 · I read that some wall-hung toilet manufacturers recommend plywood for this reason, but then I’m concerned about how to handle the seam between the plywood and surrounding drywall. …

Jun 1, 2010 · I have a project here in Columbus Ohio where we are adding a bathroom in the attic space. So we are gutting everything to the stud. The existing house has aluminum siding over the old …

Mar 6, 2025 · In our guest bathroom, we will have an acrylic tub with tile flanges on an exterior wall and will be doing a tile surround above it. I understand that we need to insulate and air seal behind the …

Dec 29, 2023 · Also, the most common substrate for professional bathroom wall tile is the Schluter system and copycats. The manufacturer allows installation over regular drywall; the membrane is …

Aug 14, 2011 · I was planning to put blue board or paperless wallboard over the non-shower walls. In the shower (one of the walls of which is an external wall), I was planning on using cement board and …

Mar 30, 2021 · The back wall and one side are OSB, the inside skin of the SIPS we used to construct our walls. The second side is currently bare wood framing, our only framed interior wall. The tub …

Apr 11, 2022 · I have a dryer vent cover and bathroom vent cover installed behind Hardie siding – neither of them have any functioning backdraft protection, so they’re just holes in my wall. […]

Jul 8, 2010 · Josh, a builder in Columbus, Ohio, has been hired to add a bathroom in the attic of an existing house. Although he had hoped to use cellulose insulation in exterior walls, the homeowner's …