Cement Board Drywall Joint Tape

Joint compound is used to help provide a seal between the durock panels and to fill the depressions left by either nails or screws during installation.

Cement board drywall joint tape. I used durock cement board from floor to ceiling although the tile will only be up 6 or so leaving 2 ft between tile and ceiling also can i use the same joint compound to skim the remaining durock above the tile to make it smooth for painting. Durock cement boards are a type of drywall reinforced with cement for a harder surface. The guide reads joining fill joints with latex fortified mortar or type 1 organic adhesive and immediately embed alkali resistant fiberglass mesh joint tape. The handyman who installed the cement board around my bathtub used mud and drywall mesh tape.

No tiles on yet. Cement board drywall joint tape qep 7 1 2 in. This type of wall material can be finished just like ordinary drywall using joint tape and joint compound. A friend who has done some tiling told me that there could be movement on the joints between the cement board and the drywall which would cause the grout to fail and start to.

Spread joint compound over the length of the tape with a 6 inch drywall knife. My contractor put in a couple of feet of cement board around the lower tub region but on the upper half of the tub shower head portion he put in drywall. Gray cement board tape 2 in. Extra large grouting cleaning and washing sponge 3 pack x 15 16 oz.

Can i use regular all purpose joint compound and regular mesh tape or paper tape when taping corners and seams above the tiles in a shower. Apply a length of mesh style self adhesive drywall tape lengthwise over each of the seams that are between the drywall and the cement board rolling the sticky side of the tape out along its length and pressing it firmly to the surface with your palm. I found out this is not correct after he was finished.