Near faucets, tub lips, shower bases, and corners are the first places to fail in many drywall-and-mastic tile jobs.
Thin-Set Ceramic Tile
New Approaches to
Old-Fashioned Quality
by Harry T. Swanson
For more years than most of us can
remember, ceramic tile was known as
the material you used on bathroom
walls and floors, or maybe in some
industrial applications such as laboratories,
industrial washrooms, commercial
kitchens, and certain installations where
the emphasis was on sanitation. Ceramic
tile was the choice finish material
because, while being decorative, it also
was durable and easy to keep clean, and
water would not hurt it.
In the early days, sizes for floor tiles
were limited to one-inch squares and
hexagons, six-inch squares,