Tile On Top Of Hardwood To Create Hearth

To create this recess you ll smooth the wet mortar with a wood rod you make.

Tile on top of hardwood to create hearth.

Add 7 8 of an inch to the thickness of the tile and that s the distance the finished mud floor must be down from the surface of the wood. For glue down floors your groove should be facing out preventing excess scooping of glue when the installation continues from this area into the rest of the layout. Beat in further any high tiles and pry up low tiles to. Lay a level on top to ensure they are even.

When it comes to tiling a fireplace hearth choosing a glazed porcelain tile makes the best choice because they are denser and more durable that non glazed or non porcelaln tiles. Make sure to leave space between the tiles to account for grout. 2 place a diamond tipped blade into an. Lay a piece of hardwood face down on a piece of underlayment.

Set a beating block on top of the tiles and beat them evenly into the mortar with a rubber mallet. This gives you the requisite 1 8 inch you need for the thinset that will be used to bond the tile to the cured mortar mud base. Slide it next to the hearth and mark a line on the hearth along the top of the hardwood. Porcelain tile comes in a range of different grades.

So far so good. Mark edge tiles that need to be cut. Well actually in the center the hardwood is even lower than the brick as the floor dips a bit apparently my preference would be to lay the tile so it s level with the hardwood so i wouldn t have a lip at all around the fireplace. Starting at the front edge of the hearth dry lay a line of tiles in one of the quadrants beginning at the center line and moving out to the edge.

You need to make sure this mortar bed is in the same plane and it s at the right height so the finished tile surface is 3 4 of an inch below the wood floor.