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I am retiling the floor in my bathroom. The closet flange is mounted direct to the plywood with no gap and no room to lift it up. Once the thinset is applied, the tile will be at least flush or a tad higher than the flange. Do I need to use a closet flange extension to get it above the tile? Is...

Tub set in mortar Hello all, I screwed the plywood to the floor in the approximate area the tub would sit. I oversized these pieces to give myself some wiggle room when setting the tub. I followed Terry's method and placed piles of mortar where the shims on the OSB would fall and then some...

Resetting tub in mortar bed Hey Terry, You bring up a good question. The OSB on the bottom has two firring strips.. one at the rear (~3/4") and one in the middle (~1/2") and none in the front. Would you put the mortar just in these areas to set the tub? I decided to screw the two 1/2" pieces...

Hello all, What a great site for the homeowner/DIYer! Heres my issue... I removed a whirlpool tub (deck mounted) to replace tile. The new tile resulted in a height difference from floor to finished deck. Previously, there was an irregular shaped piece of plywood under the tub but did not...