I'm laying a tiled hearth around my wood burning stove. I want it flush with (or a few mm above) the finished floor surface.
We're putting down engineered wood over underlay, which will raise the finished floor by 17mm from the concrete slab.
Say I use 6mm tiles in the hearth, which with 3mm for adhesive will raise level by 9mm from the concrete slab.
My question... how to raise the hearth by an extra 8mm?
I'm contemplating the following options:
1) 6mm cement board, on a bed of thinset
2) Formwork and pour self-levelling to desired depth
3) Formwork in 8/9/10mm stripwood, so I can screed using a suitable repair mortar (too shallow?)
I have never worked with cement board or self-leveller and my one attempt at screeding was definitely not perfect, so I'm as interested in which option "can't go wrong" for a medium-competent DIY'er as which one is "text book".
We're putting down engineered wood over underlay, which will raise the finished floor by 17mm from the concrete slab.
Say I use 6mm tiles in the hearth, which with 3mm for adhesive will raise level by 9mm from the concrete slab.
My question... how to raise the hearth by an extra 8mm?
I'm contemplating the following options:
1) 6mm cement board, on a bed of thinset
2) Formwork and pour self-levelling to desired depth
3) Formwork in 8/9/10mm stripwood, so I can screed using a suitable repair mortar (too shallow?)
I have never worked with cement board or self-leveller and my one attempt at screeding was definitely not perfect, so I'm as interested in which option "can't go wrong" for a medium-competent DIY'er as which one is "text book".