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Advice for heat resistant tiling around fireplace
LucianH
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We want to give our fireplace a facelift. As you can see, it's currently a brick affair - what we want to do is put a wooden fire surround and tile the surfaces inside the surround.
What I am concerned about are the two surfaces that are exposed to the direct heat of the fire. What I would like to know is whether I will have to use special tile adhesive (and tiles?) - will standard ceramic tiles and tile adhesive age/breakdown with direct exposure to the heat or will they be OK?
Any advice would be welcomed
What I am concerned about are the two surfaces that are exposed to the direct heat of the fire. What I would like to know is whether I will have to use special tile adhesive (and tiles?) - will standard ceramic tiles and tile adhesive age/breakdown with direct exposure to the heat or will they be OK?
Any advice would be welcomed
Never let it get you down... unless it really is as bad as it seems.
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Fireplaces generally come prefabricated - for your purposes with a backing already tiled. Given your fireplace, I share the same doubts and would not want to be placing tiles.
Have a look at http://www.c20fireplaces.co.uk/ to see how fireplaces are normally suppliedYou might as well ask the Wizard of Oz to give you a big number as pay a Credit Referencing Agency for a so-called 'credit-score'0 -
Fireplaces generally come prefabricated - for your purposes with a backing already tiled. Given your fireplace, I share the same doubts and would not want to be placing tiles.
Have a look at http://www.c20fireplaces.co.uk/ to see how fireplaces are normally supplied
The whole fireplace was custom built with solid brickwork. We don't want to disturb the fireplace construction, we are just considering tiling on top of the bricksNever let it get you down... unless it really is as bad as it seems.0 -
I would say to resist the temptation, because you'll just bring a replacement job down on yourselves when the tiles fall offThe whole fireplace was custom built with solid brickwork. We don't want to disturb the fireplace construction, we are just considering tiling on top of the bricksYou might as well ask the Wizard of Oz to give you a big number as pay a Credit Referencing Agency for a so-called 'credit-score'0 -
I'm about to undertake a similar job this winter, but it's going to be a multi fuel stove sitting within the newly built concrete block fireplace. I doubt that my tiles would get as hot as yours will, and Bal adhesive is rated to 150c with the blockwork acting as a heatsink.
I have however seen this stuff which in your case should do the trick being rated to 1000c.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/VITCAS-Heat-Resistant-Tile-Adhesive/dp/B004646CIA0
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