Travertine and adhesive?

[Rich]

So gents, now I am going for porcelaine on the floor and walls in one bathroom and trav in the other. I will 6mm hardie the floor in both. White adhesive for the trav. What tape should I use for the Hardie boards edges? Also on the walls for the trav as they are partition should I use the Hardie 500 glued and screwed? The weight would be too much otherwise.
What is the best system for sealing over a shower tray at the tile joint these days, Silicon looks bad? Any advice please,
Gusty.

Hello mate, you should be able to pick up the tape that Hardie supply with the boards from the same place you got the boards from. If the wall will not be able to take the weight of the tiles as it is then screwing a cement board to the studs will be the best bet. I dont use Hardie myself (I use a very similar board but the installation instructions are different between the two) so I will let some1 else advise on which board to use but you shouldn't need to glue them as well, just screw them really well so that they are solid. By far the best system for sealing over the shower tray is a hight quality Silicon done well. A lot of people dont like Silicon because they have seen it done badly, have a look at the Karl Dahm Silicon sets in the link below. They are brilliant and make a really neat bead.


Tradetiler Tilers Silicon and tools

 

[DHTiling]

Just make sure it is Alkaline resistant scrim tape..

 

[Gustyturbine]

I would guess this is the same tape the plasterers use then?
Gusty.