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I am in the process of tiling my oven base. The top tile is done, and I'm working my way from the top down with the side tiles. Unfortunately, no updated photo yet.
We have had an ungodly wet summer. I dry-stacked my blocks, and filled every other core hole with concrete. As the rains have continued, the block has become wet. It appears some of the cores have filled with water (not completely, but to some extent) because there are a few points at the cinder block/base junction that's always wet. Water seeps from the inner block hole to the outside.
In the picture below you can see that the bottom mortar line essentially never dries out.
My question - Can I tile and grout over this lower section while it is in it's present state? Do I need to place a space heater in the wood compartment and try to dry the thing out?
It is now mid-October in North East Ohio. It's getting colder, and wetter. I have been installing my tiling while underneath a tent, and covered the oven with a tarp after I stop working. I see no end to our rain, until it turns to snow.
Any feedback those experienced with cinder block tiling is appreciated. Is outdoor-grade adhesive and grout like concrete, and cures even while in the presence of some damp block?
I'm banking on my water/block phenomena disappearing once the whole thing is tiled and grouted (all the dry-stack crevices will be sealed).
We have had an ungodly wet summer. I dry-stacked my blocks, and filled every other core hole with concrete. As the rains have continued, the block has become wet. It appears some of the cores have filled with water (not completely, but to some extent) because there are a few points at the cinder block/base junction that's always wet. Water seeps from the inner block hole to the outside.
In the picture below you can see that the bottom mortar line essentially never dries out.
My question - Can I tile and grout over this lower section while it is in it's present state? Do I need to place a space heater in the wood compartment and try to dry the thing out?
It is now mid-October in North East Ohio. It's getting colder, and wetter. I have been installing my tiling while underneath a tent, and covered the oven with a tarp after I stop working. I see no end to our rain, until it turns to snow.
Any feedback those experienced with cinder block tiling is appreciated. Is outdoor-grade adhesive and grout like concrete, and cures even while in the presence of some damp block?
I'm banking on my water/block phenomena disappearing once the whole thing is tiled and grouted (all the dry-stack crevices will be sealed).
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