Cement or backer board

[Rookery]

And one is waterproof and the other one is not lol

And 1 is easy to cut, the other is not :smilewinkgrin:

 

[Protilers]

its a bit like referring to installing SLC as SCREEDING..............hhehehehhehheeee

 

[Protilers]

but PJC and rookery has hit the nail on the head.......one is "waterproof" the other is "Water Resistant".......and the one that is "resistant" is a bugger to cut!!!!!!but IMO...they are both "backerboards!"...hehhehehehee

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

its a bit like referring to installing SLC as SCREEDING..............hhehehehhehheeee

OH NO IT'S NOT !! in most tradesmen's Books of a certain era, two completely different things LOL ........

 

[Rookery]

but PJC and rookery has hit the nail on the head.......one is "waterproof" the other is "Water Resistant".......and the one that is "resistant" is a bugger to cut!!!!!!but IMO...they are both "backerboards!"...hehhehehehee

And ones a damned sight easier to lug up 16 flights of stairs

 

[Perry]

So when you all refer to backer board cement backer board and the other cement faced backer board ? So I know what you are talking about lol

 

[DHTiling]

Backer board as in it fix's to a background as in walls or floor ...


So the question is can they also be called substrate boards :lol:

 

[Perry]

Backer board as in it fix's to a background as in walls or floor ...


So the question is can they also be called substrate boards :lol:

I get confused at the best of times Dave but a few talk about them as if they are the same product not sure if it's my age as her in doors says or it's the stroke my be both :yikes: