Fixing Hardie Backer Board - TilersForums.com

[IHB]

Can I ask the best way to fix HBB to a brick wall?

 

[Bubblecraft]

Frame the wall with minimum of 4" x 2" timber or 20 gauge metal studding @ 16" centres. Noggins to be placed at the end of each board wether you fit them horizontal or vertical. Keep a clearance of 1/4" from floor, bath, shower ect. and seal with a silicone. I personally like to leave a 3/8" gap all round each board & seal with silicone to allow for movements in the timber framing.

 

[swanman]

Thats a very good advise

Depending if the wall is straight you could fix straight onto the wall using plugs and screws

 

[IHB]

The wall is fairly flat so I was hoping to do it without studs (need to minimise space loss). Being brick it isn’t perfectly flat and I was wondering if a thin Dot & Dab could be used to level everything and then plugs and screws used to mechanically fix.

 

[Dougs Third Go]

are you planning on using 12.5mm HBB?

 

[IHB]

It would be the 12mm Hardiebacker 500 boards.