Tiling A Wall With Fire Place How To Place Tile

Steps for tiling over a brick fireplace.

Tiling a wall with fire place how to place tile.

Push the tile into place and wiggle it until it holds against the wall evenly spaced between the hearth and the tile above. Complete tiling row by row moving up from the. This video shows you how easy it is to spruce up the hearth a. Fireplace tile installation complete.

Score the surface with the notched side of the trowel. Move the float across the tile at different angles to ensure that all the gaps are filled. Butter the back of the tile with thinset using the edge of the trowel. Then wiggle the tile gently to set it in place.

Carefully place each tile on the wall. Smooth the tile down with your hand. Starting from the shelf add mortar to fireplace wall with the notched trowel. Place the first tile.

Cover the hearth with a drop cloth and remove the mantel and anything else that s attached to the brick. Repeat this process for the other three cut tiles at the base of the legs. Spread the grout over the surface of the tile with a grout float held at a 45 degree angle. On larger tiles run the notched edge of the trowel over the thinset.

Mix mortar as in step 3. To begin pull back the paper from the corner of the tile until it is about a third of the way pulled back and stick the exposed adhesive to your surface. Gently tip the tile into the thinset from the bottom to the top. You can turn your fireplace into a stunning focal point by installing porcelain tile around it.

Then pull back the rest of the backer. Line up the middle of the first tile with the center line resting the bottom edge on the shelf. Check that this shelf is level.