I'm planning on tiling the left and right sides of my fireplace and I'm needing tips on how to finish the edge neatly.
The fire recess is not right angled, it's an acute trapezoid (thanks google!). Someone recommended that I build out one of the side walls so the two side walls have matching angles and widths but the hearth has been installed central to the existing opening, so the outer hearth would not be central to the opening if I do that by about 3 or 4cm if I do that. Pics attached.
The wall is not also straight vertically (the building is over 100 years old) but I doubt it would be noticeable once tiled. The wall is quite uneven, with 30mm dips in the worst spots. I'm planning to build up a few layers of tile adhesive to get it somewhat flat then tile over. I'm trying to avoid using cement board as the woodburner is going to stick out due to the tapering of the recess and cement board would add to that but I'm beginning to think it might be the best option.
What I'm struggling with is how to finish the edge where the tile meets the plaster, especially the skirting board area.
I'm thinking of using some a rounded tile trim to tidy the edge where they meet although it would mean part of the tile/trim will be in dead space due to the gap between the plasterboard and the brick wall. I'll try to use some adhesive to fill that gap although there's not much space to be able to push the adhesive firmly to the brick. Will just have to pack it in and hope it sticks enough gives some support for the tile.
How would you finish the skirting though? It's cut at a different angle to the wall annoyingly. I think having the tile extend onto the skirting will look weird as will having the tile trim on the rear edge of the skirting. I can't think of an effective solution, any tips?
The fire recess is not right angled, it's an acute trapezoid (thanks google!). Someone recommended that I build out one of the side walls so the two side walls have matching angles and widths but the hearth has been installed central to the existing opening, so the outer hearth would not be central to the opening if I do that by about 3 or 4cm if I do that. Pics attached.
The wall is not also straight vertically (the building is over 100 years old) but I doubt it would be noticeable once tiled. The wall is quite uneven, with 30mm dips in the worst spots. I'm planning to build up a few layers of tile adhesive to get it somewhat flat then tile over. I'm trying to avoid using cement board as the woodburner is going to stick out due to the tapering of the recess and cement board would add to that but I'm beginning to think it might be the best option.
What I'm struggling with is how to finish the edge where the tile meets the plaster, especially the skirting board area.
I'm thinking of using some a rounded tile trim to tidy the edge where they meet although it would mean part of the tile/trim will be in dead space due to the gap between the plasterboard and the brick wall. I'll try to use some adhesive to fill that gap although there's not much space to be able to push the adhesive firmly to the brick. Will just have to pack it in and hope it sticks enough gives some support for the tile.
How would you finish the skirting though? It's cut at a different angle to the wall annoyingly. I think having the tile extend onto the skirting will look weird as will having the tile trim on the rear edge of the skirting. I can't think of an effective solution, any tips?
