The Complete Guide to Tile and Waterproofing
Silica safety, substrates, shower pan code, building and flood testing a pan, setting, cutting, grout, movement joints, failures and local rules. Every claim carries a confidence chip.
Open the guideOne guide, math scenes and tools in 3D, tied to a four-stage path.
Silica safety, substrates, shower pan code, building and flood testing a pan, setting, cutting, grout, movement joints, failures and local rules. Every claim carries a confidence chip.
Open the guideMove the sliders and watch pan slope, dam height, tile counts, coverage and joints change. Every rule shows its numbers.
Open the mathSpin each tool, read the mistakes and safety notes, and take the quiz. Eight families, from tape to flood-test plug.
Open the toolsEach stage names what to read, what to play and what to build. Tick items as you finish them. Ticks stay in this browser only.
Search for the thing you are stuck on. All scenes are in the math page.
Section 1 first. Then follow your stage.
The code mirror gives a minimum of 2 in of water for 15 minutes. Schluter says 24 hours is typical for its system. Use the longest of the code, the maker and the inspector. The official code text could not be opened. [?]
County code edition, membrane code requirement, tile-only permit trigger. A Class B may not take tile as a single-trade subcontract (CSLB). The guide lists them all under Open questions.
Much of Montecito sits outside the City of Santa Barbara. County rules and Montecito Fire apply there, and interior tile work is exempt from Montecito design review. City hours of 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. are a City rule; County hours were not found. Guide section 15 lists what we found and what is still unconfirmed.
The approved plans, the adopted California codes, the membrane maker and your inspector overrule this site.
Read guide section 1 before you cut anything. Tile dust is respirable silica: wet cut, HEPA vacuum, sealed P100 respirator.
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