Ceramic Mud Bed

How to remove an old tile mortar bed.

Ceramic mud bed.

Buy top selling products like mud pie ceramic giraffe bank in tan and mud pie ceramic mermaid bank in pink. The mortar bed sits over the sub floor and provides a smooth and stable base for the tile installation. Thick set or mud set ceramic tile a thick set or mud set tile installation consists of finish tiles set over a 1 1 4 to 2 thick portland cement mortar bed. To remodel a shower or other tiled feature within a home it may be necessary to first demolish an existing tile surface and the underlying mortar or mud bed.

These are typically for floors where you re putting a bonded mortar bed over an intact slab on grade. It is used in slab format most commonly but it can also be used to create mortar beds for tile and natural stone installations.