How To Tile A Fireplace Wall

Available in stone marble glass slate ceramic and more our tile materials offer a durable heat resistant surface that also adds style to your fireplace surrounds mantels back panels and hearths.

How to tile a fireplace wall. Just peel the tiles you don t want off the mesh backing then add the new ones with extra mortar when the fireplace tile is installed. Complete tiling row by row moving up from the level shelf. Finally tile the stoop. It covers everything from removing the old tile.

Learn step by step how to add porcelain tile to your fireplace surround and hearth for a beautiful new look. Line up the middle of the first tile with the center line resting the bottom edge on the shelf. Check the level as you complete each row. Gently tip the tile into the thinset from the bottom to the top.

On larger tiles run the notched edge of the trowel over the thinset. After thin set begins to cure remove the shelf and work tiles down each side of the firebox. Push the tile into place and wiggle it until it holds against the wall evenly spaced between the hearth and the tile above. Save cut pieces for last.

Use spacers on each side of the tiles to guarantee uniform spacing. Repeat this process for the other three cut tiles at the base of the legs. Place the first tile. Carefully place each tile on the wall.

Add a support ledge to the top to keep the tile in the middle over the firebox from sagging before the thin set hardened nail a 1 x 2 board across the top of the opening.