Creating A Hearth

[Flintstone]

this ones in my house, we're doing some work on the living room and one of the jobs is to sort the fire place, the fireplace and surround we have is wider than the original concrete hearth, im wanting to raise it up a few inches and tile it all with tiled front etc, any ideas? I was gonna make a frame and concrete it but not sure if that's the one onto the floorboards? Other idea, no more ply to the size I want it then concrete on top of that ?

 

[Flintstone]

You can see the tile adhesive where it was previously tiled onto the floorboards at each end

 

[Rookery]

I made one a few months back. Used a 40mm tilebacker board and tiled it in slate.

 

[Flintstone]

Could it be a good option to stick a 50mm insulation board down and tile it?

 

[Qwerty]

Or just buy a hearth from a stone retailer? Just a thought

 

[Flintstone]

sounds expensive!

 

[Cris]

you going to have raise the fireplace by same margin.... not straightforward

 

[Cris]

i jumped the gun..... u got new fireplace

 

[Flintstone]

I think easiest option is to get a 50mm Marmox board stuck down. I've never had to tile direct to the foam, is it ok?

 

[Perry]

paving slabs then tile them.