Maybe the bones are getting creaky?bige said:It doesn't pop like popcorn but every now and then I hear a creak when I step up onto the hearth. No grout issues of course, just a barely audible creak on occasion. Nobody else notices.
Jags said:Go to someplace other than home cheapo (and the like) and get a heavier gauge stud. The typical 25 ga. is NOT structural in any way (neither is the 20 ga). Work with the 16 or 18 gauge stuff with self tapping pan head screws. Your deck will be rock solid.
The footage of steel that you are gonna be using is small so the cost difference will not be big bucks. And you SURE as HECK don't want the frame of that hearth to move or flex after tiling. It will sound like pop corn (pop - pop - ping - pop)
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