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    Fireplace needs tiling in Oldham and Ashton

    Hi everyone, I'm looking for a good tiler to do our fireplace on the border of Oldham and Ashton. It's a working open fire that we will be lighting when it's all done - don't know if that makes a difference to the materials you use. The old tiles probably also need to come off. Its the face...
  2. T

    Grouting for fireplace chamber?

    Hi, I've tiled the inside of a fireplace chamber, off-white herringbone marble. A labour of love but that's another story. It'll eventually have gas stove fitted, no open fire. Have used heat-resistant adhesive, what should I be looking for when buying grout. Only white needed. Thanks much.
  3. S

    Tiling fireplace / Silicon or Grout

    Do we Silicon corners of a fireplace? Any special Silicon? Or just grout? Would be grateful for advice.
  4. S

    Fireplace

    I am tiling the inside of a fireplace: no open fire, a stove will be installed. How do we deal with corners? Silicon or not Silicon? Will a standard grout do or better use epoxy? Would be grateful for any advice.
  5. S

    Limestone fireplace installed but adhesive stains all over how do I remove?

    Really need a professional to remove the stains left by adhesive on limestone fireplace any advice welcome. Desperate seeking resolution! What products should I use?
  6. J

    Tiles to use on fireplace hearth

    Hi folks, About to sort out our new hearth with some tiles and wanted to ask if anyone knew of special tiles for this job. My main thinking is how to work the external edges with out using profiles. Im going to raise up the hearth from the height of the carpet with some self leveling and tile...
  7. P

    Wall substrate for fireplace area

    Hi, I'm hoping that someone can help me out here as I am unsure how to proceed. I'm putting up large format tile, 2 feet x 4 feet, over my firewall and around the TV on the left. To the right side of the fireplace will be drywall and on the left side, 2 feet of the wall will be drywall...
  8. W

    Herringbone pattern issue fireplace surround

    Hi everyone, New to the forum and new to tiling. I am redoing my fireplace surround and wanted to do a herringbone pattern on the floor with 3x6 subway tile. I measured the middle 3 times, and dry layed the pattern out and still was off a inch on the right creating small pieces. I really took...
  9. M

    White metal trim for fireplace

    Hi all, Just trying to find out if anyone knows if coated metal trims are suitable to use around an open fireplace that contains a log burner? Concerned that the heat from the burner would affect the trim coating? Customer wants a white metal trim, so will probably go for genesis trims (have...
    • mike32
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    • canada fireplace genesis metal metal trim trim white
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  10. T

    Floor tiles around fireplace surround

    Hi all, looking for some advice. I have recently removed my old fireplace hearth and taken up my wood laminate floor. I plan to carpet the room but i want to lay some floor tiles as opposed to a hearth around the fireplace. I would like the tiles to finish flush against the carpet, so the carpet...
    • Tony80
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    • canada edging fireplace floor floor tiles tile tiles
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
  11. R

    Fireplace Tiling Advice Please

    Hi I have just stripped off some horrible mosaics off our fireplace to find they were only stuck on with glue gun and Silicon. I am re tiling with brick slips which I have pre sealed already. Do I need to PVA the surface before tiling? I am not sure what the surface underneath is. It looks...
    • Rob Collins
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    • advice fireplace please tiling tiling advice
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: DIY Tiling Forum
  12. R

    Tiling the inside of a fireplace?

    I've got a customer that wants the outside of the chimney breast tiling but also wants the inside either tiling or rendered smooth. Would tiles be ok to tile as there's a wood burner in there, there's around 250mm either side of the stove but it's about 50mm away from the back. Would a porcelain...
  13. S

    Tiling a Victorian fireplace - mosaic - advice needed.

    I'm tiling a Victorian fireplace in my own home. I started by ripping up the old tiles and using a latex compound to level the floor as well as concrete repair to fill the old cracks and holes. The fireplace has laminate flooring laid up to it at the moment with beading. I'm laying mosaic...
    • scaredbri
    • Thread
    • advice aus edwardian edwardian floor fireplace geometric mosaic mosaic tiling mosaics needed tiling usa victorian victorian floor victorian floor tiling
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  14. S

    Damaged Fireplace Hearth Tiles

    This is my first post on the forum. I'm Stephen and I am definitely not a professional tiler. I can do basic tiling like a few tiles around a basin in a bedroom or replacing a cracked tile in the bathroom. I've also successfully retiled where I had to replace a shower mixer bar but anything else...
    • Svenedin
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    • aus damaged fireplace hearth tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  15. John Benton

    Restoration on slate fireplace

    I am in the process of renovating a house and it still has the original fireplace and tiles in the lounge. It is slate but appears to have some sort of coating to give it the appearance of a grained wood. As you can see from the pictures, there is slight damage to the bottom of both of the...
  16. J

    Need advice on tiles and adhesive for a fireplace with rising damp

    We have a fireplace (housing a wood-burning stove) that has significant rising damp. It is constructed of brick, rendered and plastered - the brick is too uneven to just leave bare. We have tried twice to have the rising damp cured with an injected damp-course but without success so we would...
    • jbovey
    • Thread
    • adhesive advice aus damp fireplace tile tile adhesive tiles usa
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  17. S

    Tiles in small raised fireplace under a woodburner

    Hello, I have made a raised platform in the fireplace to place on top a small woodburner (only 4-5kw) I made a mistake (which i found out by reading through this forum) by using MDF on the flat faces, so i will now remake it using 18mm plywood. I wish to tile the platform but was wondering...
    • Shamblehouse
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    • aus fireplace small tile tiles under usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  18. A

    Log burner fireplace

    HI all, just need a bit of info ,just looked at a job the customer is having her fireplace removed and the builder is making it wider for a log burner, at first she wanted tiles but now wants brickettes', I have not work with these for many years now and was just wondering if any of you chaps...
  19. T

    Boarding a fireplace

    Hi All. I have a fireplace to tile in splitface mosaic. The fire is going to be inset. At the moment it is brick and blocked. Customer was going to get it rendered. I was thinking of sticking Marmox and fixing with spankers. thought it might handle the heat better. Any ideas on the best...
  20. R

    Porcelain Tiling to Brickwork and building up height within Fireplace

    Hi, Im trying to identify the best method to do 2 tasks prior to installing a wood burning stove within an existing brick chimney. Ultimately I want to have porcelain tiels on the hearth and around the inside of the brick chimney. 1. Build up the height of the fireplace hearth by around an...
    • richouse
    • Thread
    • aus building fireplace height job jobs porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles tiling tiling jobs tiling work usa work
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum

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