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  1. noobmaster69

    Brick Slips on False Chimney Breast

    Having decided I was bored of a living room devoid of personality, I decided I wanted to go with the Victorian library look. A big part of that is having a false chimney breast installed to replace the hard wired fire suite and having the chamber of said chimney breast tiled with brick slips. As...
  2. Sean Kelly

    What's up your chimney?

    Doing a bit of spring cleaning today on my fireplaces. I put my hand up and pulled out these items!
  3. S

    Kent, 3.5m2 stone on chimney breast

    Afternoon all, I'm looking for a pro tiler to fit some stone tiles to our chimney breast at our house 20 mins south of Maidstone. It's around 3.5m2 of tiling in total, across the front of the breast and the returns. The stove recess doesn't need tiling. The tiles are 600 x 150 and 8-18mm...
  4. S

    Substrate prep for uneven chimney breast with heat

    We’re planning to have our chimney breast tiled in split face slate or quarzite stone. We’re getting a pro in to fit the tiles, but to keep to a tight budget I need to prep the substrate myself. Whatever I do needs to stand up to the heat from a freestanding stove. I’ve stripped the chimney...
    • SandsofEss
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    • chimney heat prep substrate uneven
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: DIY Tiling Forum
  5. S

    Can I afford to tile chimney breast?

    We’ve recently decided we’d like to tile our narrow chimney breast in advance of fitting a wood burner. The recess itself will be lined with some leftover limestone paving slabs I have, but we’d like to tile the rest of the breast in a split face natural stone mosaic if possible. This is...
    • SandsofEss
    • Thread
    • can canada chimney stone tile
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  6. A

    False chimney breast..split face slate mosaic

    Hi all I'm a keen diy'er and have tiled the odd bathroom in the past. I'm looking to build a false chimney breast in my living room (timber frame). I want to fix it with split face slate or quartzite mosaic. I'm after advice on which board to fix.. I'm thinking hardiebacker or similar (6 or...
    • Ant
    • Thread
    • chimney mosaic mosaic tiling mosaics slate
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: DIY Tiling Forum
  7. B

    Tiling a chimney breast

    Hi need to tile a chimney breast with stone tiles which are quite heavy I've had the breast skimmed but have read up about a 20kg weight limit per square metre since. Would it be ok to put cement board onto the wall to hold the tiles ? Thanks
  8. P

    Chimney Alcove around range cooker

    I’m looking for some advice please. I’m planning to tile the Alcove of the chimney in my kitchen, the range cooker will then Sit in the alcove. We will have a cooker hood integrated to the chimney. What do I do about the surface around the cooker hood? Would you tile this too? (Easier to clean...
  9. S

    Fire proof adhesive failing on chimney breast

    Hi I'm looking for some advice. About 4 years ago a tiled a chimney breast with 600 x 600 stone tiles. Since then I have had repeated failures were i have had to remove the tiles and reapply them. The story is kind of long and I will try to provide as much detail as possible. The Chimney...
  10. N

    Need tiling inside chimney where the oven is

    Hi. I am looking for some quotes for tiling a small area inside the chimney breast in the kitchen where the oven is. The tiles are small and handmade, therefore uneven and different sizes. I want to know how much it will cost to have it tiled. I think total is 3sq metres(left right and back of area)
  11. P

    Chimney Breast Split face mitring

    Hi, looked at a couple split face jobs recently where the customers want them to wrap around the chimney breast. I would usually fit a solid strip (wood or trim) to the edges to avoid mitring. This didnt go down to well and i havent heard from them since.... Just curious to everyone elses...
    • paul3944
    • Thread
    • canada chimney split face
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  12. J

    Tiling Woodburning Stove Inset

    Hi, we have a woodburning stove inset into a chimney breast and the previous owner has had the inset lined with plasterboard and skimmed over, needless to say it has all cracked and large chunks have fallen off. Just wondering what would be the best plan of attack to sort it out, I am torn...
  13. M

    fixing brick slips onto existing plaster chimney breast

    HI I am new to this sight and was wondering what adhesive I should use to fix real brick slips to my chimney breast? I have had to remove my existing fire surround and open up the fireplace for installation of a wood burner. The plaster on the breast is solid but crazed so I thought brick slips...
    • malcy
    • Thread
    • aus brick brick slips chimney fixing plaster slips usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  14. J

    Chimney breast tiling

    Hi. I've been asked to tile a couple of chimney breasts(inside) the client is looking for something bespoke but "old looking" there is a freestanding wood burner in the breast. I have a few ideas of what I think will look good but was hoping one of you guys may have had some experience doing one...
  15. M

    tiling onto chimney breast

    hi im tiling a chimney breast soon which has a log burner, this is going to warm the walls quite a bit, do i need a special adhesive or will flexible be ok, and another thing there will be no grout gaps as its those interlocking slates tiles so will thi be a problem? thanks in advance!
    • MRM Tiling
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    • aus chimney tiling usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  16. area tiling

    Tiling directly onto blockwork walls chimney breast

    hi, their am a tiler working in co. antrim n. ireland and, this is my first post on this forum so any advice will be gratefully appreciated! got a job coming up which might involve tiling directly onto blockwork depending on what is the best advised , its an internal chimney breast wall , where...
  17. T

    Chimney breast tiles popping - help!

    Hi All, Could really do with some help here. A good pal of mine had a fireplace built with an inset fire and asked me to tile the surround from floor to ceiling. He supplied the tiles (purchased off the internet) which were a porcelain metalic 600 x 300. The fire company built the chimney...
  18. P

    lets hope he does not drop this down the chimney :)

  19. W

    out or plumb Chimney wall

    I am tiling a chimney breast with 7cm x 15cm tiles in brick bond. When you look at the wall near the top it angles to the right like this /. This right hand wall is fine till it reaches the angled part and then the front does not continue to be vertical so the tiles would need to be cut at an...
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