Dense Shied or Cement Board?
Question:Which product is the best. ..dense shield or cement board. There are so many conflicting views that I am so confused.
Has anyone had great success with Dense Shield.
Answers:
Hi I am a project manager for building in excess of 50M and saw your ?
We use both. It depends on the application. what are you using it for, where, and what are you covering it with?
I am right in the middle of tiling my first tub enclosure. I used a product called hardybacker under the tiles. It screws on the wall with special screws (they remind me of deck screws) and you tape the seams with thinset over alkali-resistant fiberglass tape. No need to cover the screw heads if they are going to be tiled over.
This stuff seems to be stable and provides a good surface for thinset to adhere to. Heavier than greenboard, but probably lighter than cement board. It also flexes a tiny bit. The company said that you could score it on both sides and snap it, but when I did that I didn't get real clean breaks (the margin was rough). I found it very difficult to score and snap a narrow piece off of the edge - ended up using a drywall handsaw for the narrow cuts. It comes in 1/4 inch and 1/2 sizes at Home Depot.
I am a rookie at this stuff, and have no other experience to draw upon, but I would say that the Hardybacker is working okay.
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