But it s the same purpose.

Tile on drywall vs backer board. Some people go directly to the drywall. A cement board has many varied uses in home construction and is often preferred over greenboards or blueboards in certain areas of the house. The sheets are made from a water repellent gypsum core covered by water resistant paper. Thick 4 x 8 ft.

The one recommended by almost every building authority is cement board. After reading many comments on this subject i will use green board instead of backerboard or hardyboard to replace damaged old backsplash drywall. Or you could use there s a georgia pacific product called densarmor which is a tile backer and that will work very well and it s a lot easier to use than sometimes the cement backer boards are. Right now the tile is attached directly to the dry wall.

Drywall panels fit between wall studs spaced 16 inches or 24 inches apart. The rest of the bathroom walls on the other hand are usually covered in drywall. We were planning on replacing most of that drywall with the mold resistant dry wall i think that s called green board but home depot and lowes keep pushing the cement board for the part that we re going to tile around the tub shower. Cement backer board is a mineral based pre fabricated wall unit usually 1 4 inch or 1 2 inch thick and 3 feet by 5 feet long.

This means you have a transition between the two materials at the edge of the tiled area. Like regular drywall it s found at most home centers in 1 2 in. Water resistant drywall is less expensive than cement or gypsum backer board but it shouldn t be used in very damp or wet areas. That said greenboards and blueboards are also often and equally used in home construction and are sometimes a better alternative.

The paper came off the old drywall and some crumbled around the 70 year old electrical outlets and switches that will be replaced and moved anyway. In areas that are exposed to an abundance of moisture it is better to install a cement board as a backer rather than a gypsum board. In areas of high moisture such as walls in a shower for long term durability it is not advised to install tile over drywall even if the drywall is type mr moisture resistant. The smaller dimensions of cement board make the installation of it on large walls more difficult but cement board panels fit vertically in 3 foot wide showers or horizontally behind a standard 5 foot bathtub.

Whereas drywall comes in 4 by 8 sheets cement board comes in 3 by 5 sheets. Water resistant drywall is a good backer board choice behind sinks and other places where occasional splashing and high humidity could affect regular drywall.

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