Tim Lancer
New Member
I've been learning how to apply Tadelakt for the past year from Ryan Chivers out of Artesano Plaster. Last week, and after tons of practice, I finally applied Tadelakt to a finish wall ( See pic below )
The wall in the pic is of an accent wall in a Bathroom. However the next wall where Tadelakt will be applied is a shower, which brings up some interesting problems. In this shower will be 3 triangle granite 1 1/4" thick shelves. All of these shelves will be going up the same corner and about 15" apart from one another. The sides of each shelf will be around 2.5' to 3' feet long.
With typical tiled showers these shelves would be directly embedded in the thinset and supported by both the tile and the thinset. However, and what I'm worried about, is that the Tadelakt will not be strong enough to support the weight of the shelves. The reason being that Tadelakt does not use thinset. Instead, Tadelakt is applied over a base coat stucco that has been applied directly to Hardi board. On top of the Stucco goes 4 small layers of Tadelakt. The total thickness of all four layers Tadelakt is at the most 1/4" thick.
Question
What is the best way to support shower shelves embedded in Tadelakt?
Video for more details:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8u1f1iebuajxw91/2017-05-22 07.24.52.mov?dl=0
The wall in the pic is of an accent wall in a Bathroom. However the next wall where Tadelakt will be applied is a shower, which brings up some interesting problems. In this shower will be 3 triangle granite 1 1/4" thick shelves. All of these shelves will be going up the same corner and about 15" apart from one another. The sides of each shelf will be around 2.5' to 3' feet long.
With typical tiled showers these shelves would be directly embedded in the thinset and supported by both the tile and the thinset. However, and what I'm worried about, is that the Tadelakt will not be strong enough to support the weight of the shelves. The reason being that Tadelakt does not use thinset. Instead, Tadelakt is applied over a base coat stucco that has been applied directly to Hardi board. On top of the Stucco goes 4 small layers of Tadelakt. The total thickness of all four layers Tadelakt is at the most 1/4" thick.
Question
What is the best way to support shower shelves embedded in Tadelakt?
Video for more details:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8u1f1iebuajxw91/2017-05-22 07.24.52.mov?dl=0