Hi All
I'm planning on tiling around my fireplace plus the hearth and the inside edges by approx 100mm. I'm going to use natural slate tiles. My research tells me these are fireproof so I shouldn't have any concerns there.
I live in an early 1900s victorian house and it's a deep type 1 chimney/fireplace. It was obviously a brick fireplace and the outer walls have been plastered at some point. I've removed the paint from this area with a steam stripper and a scraper. The inside edges of the bricks weren't plastered however. The hearth looks to be a couple of stone paving slabs but I'm not sure which kind of stone. I'd like to cover all these ares with the slate tiles so my question is.... what kind of adhesive and grout should I use?
I've read that I should use a latex modified thinset mortar over the bricks to create a suitable surface for tiling and that it's suitable for fireplaces and it can also be used to lay the tiles but can this type of mortar be used over plaster and the paving slabs as well? and will it stain the tiles at all? should i prep the plaster in anyway first?
I've done tiling before so I'm not new to tiling but that was in bathrooms and as this is around a fireplace I want to make sure i'm using the correct fire resistance materials.
If someone could suggest a suitable adhesive and grout it would be really appreciated I will put some pictures up in a couple of days so you can get a better idea of my situation.
Thanks in advance
I'm planning on tiling around my fireplace plus the hearth and the inside edges by approx 100mm. I'm going to use natural slate tiles. My research tells me these are fireproof so I shouldn't have any concerns there.
I live in an early 1900s victorian house and it's a deep type 1 chimney/fireplace. It was obviously a brick fireplace and the outer walls have been plastered at some point. I've removed the paint from this area with a steam stripper and a scraper. The inside edges of the bricks weren't plastered however. The hearth looks to be a couple of stone paving slabs but I'm not sure which kind of stone. I'd like to cover all these ares with the slate tiles so my question is.... what kind of adhesive and grout should I use?
I've read that I should use a latex modified thinset mortar over the bricks to create a suitable surface for tiling and that it's suitable for fireplaces and it can also be used to lay the tiles but can this type of mortar be used over plaster and the paving slabs as well? and will it stain the tiles at all? should i prep the plaster in anyway first?
I've done tiling before so I'm not new to tiling but that was in bathrooms and as this is around a fireplace I want to make sure i'm using the correct fire resistance materials.
If someone could suggest a suitable adhesive and grout it would be really appreciated I will put some pictures up in a couple of days so you can get a better idea of my situation.
Thanks in advance