Tile On Top Of Hardwood To Create Hearth

You need to make sure this mortar bed is in the same plane and it s at the right height so the finished tile surface is 3 4 of an inch below the wood floor.

Tile on top of hardwood to create hearth.

Until i got down to the hearth which is all brick and level with my hardwood floor already. The first example to the right shows a tiled hearth with a control chalk line that designates where the top of the picture frame will end. Lay a piece of hardwood face down on a piece of underlayment. Mark edge tiles that need to be cut.

Set a beating block on top of the tiles and beat them evenly into the mortar with a rubber mallet. 2 place a diamond tipped blade into an. Slide it next to the hearth and mark a line on the hearth along the top of the hardwood. Starting at the front edge of the hearth dry lay a line of tiles in one of the quadrants beginning at the center line and moving out to the edge.

Beat in further any high tiles and pry up low tiles to. So far so good. Well actually in the center the hardwood is even lower than the brick as the floor dips a bit apparently my preference would be to lay the tile so it s level with the hardwood so i wouldn t have a lip at all around the fireplace. Make sure to leave space between the tiles to account for grout.

Add 7 8 of an inch to the thickness of. Porcelain tile comes in a range of different grades. Lay a level on top to ensure they are even. This gives you the requisite 1 8 inch you need for the thinset that will be used to bond the tile to the cured mortar mud base.

For glue down floors your groove should be facing out preventing excess scooping of glue when the installation continues from this area into the rest of the layout.