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We pulled up our living room carpet to find the old concrete hearth underneath which surrounds the raised tiled hearth and meets the floorboards. In the picture you can see the raised tiled hearth in cream tiles, then the black concrete that surrounds it on the floor.
I'm not sure what to do to make this look good once the floor is restored. Options seem to be:
- Take the concrete down by the thickness of a tile and tile everything with new (fireproof) tiles, so it's all tiled in the same material but there's a 'step' down from one to the other, and the base tiles are flush with the floor
- Take the concrete down by the thickness of a floorboard and lay three floorboards around the raised heard instead to box it in and blend in with the rest of the floor
- Repair/paint the concrete hearth and hope it looks good?
I don't want to raise the whole hearth (including the concrete area) as that'll take too much walking space out of the room, and I can't lower the current tiled hearth/fireplace.
Any help or guidance on this much appreciated!
I'm not sure what to do to make this look good once the floor is restored. Options seem to be:
- Take the concrete down by the thickness of a tile and tile everything with new (fireproof) tiles, so it's all tiled in the same material but there's a 'step' down from one to the other, and the base tiles are flush with the floor
- Take the concrete down by the thickness of a floorboard and lay three floorboards around the raised heard instead to box it in and blend in with the rest of the floor
- Repair/paint the concrete hearth and hope it looks good?
I don't want to raise the whole hearth (including the concrete area) as that'll take too much walking space out of the room, and I can't lower the current tiled hearth/fireplace.
Any help or guidance on this much appreciated!