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Tiling a fire place hearth?

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:27 pm
by Drexel
Can i use normal ceramic tiles or do i have to use special tiles and is it ok to use normal tile adisive and grout etc.....?

Any help is greatly accepted and thanks in advance.

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:59 pm
by tictic
ceramic tiles for a hearth should be "double fired"... i.e they are left in the kiln a lot longer than normal ceramic.
what subtrate are you fixing onto?
render/conctrete/p/board etc..?

Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:27 pm
by Drexel
Concrete, got some tiles of a friend so if they brake not fused. Any more advise is welcome. Thanks