How waterproof is "waterproof" tile adhesive?

Sep 16, 2020 Last reply: 5 years ago 17 Replies

I was researching making the same type of concrete for a similar project- an outside stove for cooking BBQs etc- and found examples of people using it for all kinds of things where it would certainly get wet outside and, presumably, freeze. Some were in places with more extreme winters than we normally see.

None mentioned problems/concerns over frost type damage.

The inside of pizza ovens are generally coated with fire clay after being formed- typically using a beach ball as a former.

You could always paint the outside render with one of the smooth sealing paint type finishes.

As for tile adhesive, I think it is resistant rather than water proof. If you really soak it for a long time it will soften. In showers etc, the tiles protect the adhesive add the exposed grout has a limited area.

The stuff used in swimming pools is another matter. There the grout / adhesive is always exposed and is specifically water proof.

Cement type should be as waterproof as any other mortar.

That would apply to ready mixed adhesive that comes in a bucket - like some emulsion paint.

The cement based stuff comes in a packet and you mix it with water - just like other mortar.

I've got some tiles outdoors fixed with that which have been just fine. Think tiles on a garden path.

I'm thinking of building a pizza oven from vermiculite & cement.



It will live outdoors.



If it get wet & freezes I reckon it will crack & fail.



I'll need to "render" it to keep rain off somehow.



Is waterproof tile adhesive really waterproof ?



Any other suggestions besides a tarp?



TIA


NB I mean the powder cementitious tile adhesives, not the ready mix "gloop in a bucket" variety...

Indeed. They generally don't reveal what they do to protect them when not in use.

Vermiculite absorbs water

Small pizzas? :-)

The ones I've seen don't line it with anything more than the vermiculite concrete mix.

Hmmm

& Expensive!

All your various walls have cracked and fallen apart then? No surprise there.

I'd suggest you read my comments in it. From one who knows, rather than speculates.

Perhaps you'd keep that in mind when posting your more usual OT crap, then?

Read my lips. A decent mortar is waterproof. One which wasn't would be of very limited use.

Big surprise Duhve ! Read the thread... FFS

Words fail me on this occasion...

You have waterproof clothing that doesn't get wet when it rains?

Is it alcohol abuse that has addled your brain?

Not worth the few electrons required as usual Duhve.

I don't post OT you dopey git....

So when it rains the mortar in your walls doesn't get wet?

You are even thicker than I thought... :-D

Pray tell what is either side of that DPC. If you can put down your buckie long enough to use the few brain cells you have left, that is.

Cite Duhve ?

Do your bricks magically stay dry too? How's that work then Duhve?

No addling here , just knowledge, "bus lane boy"....

Why do older houses have cellars? Why use a dpc or DPM?

You've dug yourself another right hole haven't you dopey Duhve? :-D:-D

If mortar was waterproof like you insist you wouldn't need the DPC would you? you bloody retard! :-D:-D

"*I went to school to become a wit, only got halfway through.

   Dave Plowman"

Never a truer word?

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