Anti-Fracture Membrane for Glass Tile Wall

Tanner0614

In The Industry
Nov 16, 2023
2
Georgia
Hey Guys, first time posting and not sure if I’m in the right section, but I’ve got a question if there are any experienced tilers in here.

We are a pool construction company down here in Georgia, and we’re building a vanishing edge with a 1”x2” glass tile wall on the backside where the spillover will be. We’ve don’t them in the past no problem, however, this go around the builder poured a 14” thick wall that we are tying our pool to. We are looking to put some sort of anti fracture or uncoupling membrane on that vertical wall to prevent any movement in the tile.

I do not have hardly any experience in the tile realm other than I used Mapeis anti fracture membrane on my back porch before laying some travertine. Reading the instructions that will not apply to our application on this pool. We have also used schluter ditra on decks, but I can’t find anything about vertical applications on walls, or recommendation for small glass tile. Any recommendations?
 
I used Shluter on my showers, and go vertically about 6 inches. Dont see why not more. Are the tiles glued to a mesh for aplication or are they individual tiles?
Sorry, I’m just now getting back to this. Got so tied up that I just remembered months later I posed this question. We ended up rolling out an anti fracture membrane along the whole waterline and all of the backside of the vanishing edge wall. I actually ran into the tile guy for the interior tiles in the house and talked a lot about it. He said he didn’t recommend schluter ditra for vertical applications, and that the antifracture membrane acts also as a waterproofing membrane when applied at a certain thickness. So did that membrane, floated out wall, then applied the 1”x2” glass tile sheets. They were glued to a mesh backing. Turned out great
 
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