![]() Cement tiles are highly porous and MUST be thoroughly sealed. ![]() How To Tile A Fireplace – What You’ll NeedĪctually tiling with encaustic tiles is no different to regular tiling but the most important element of the work is sealing the tiles. And finally, just a couple of weeks ago the fireplace has now been tiled. Until of course a global pandemic hit! I knew that this was a job I wouldn’t be capable of myself to the level of perfection I wanted (and now that it’s done I categorically stand by that decision!) but as went into lockdown back in March, it of course meant there was no-one able to come and do the tiling. The order for tiles went in at the end of 2019 and they were delivered a couple of months later, ready for tiling. ![]() Even without a colour match service, encaustic tiles typically tend to be made to order and so you can pay anywhere upwards of £80 for delivery, depending how many you need. How To Tile A Fireplace – DeliveryĪ quick word here on delivery costs: I’d already done some research and knew that encaustic tiles tend to come with quite a high delivery charge (as a disclosure, London Encaustic provided the tiles but I paid for delivery). Their range is handmade in Spain so you do need to allow a lead time of several weeks for the tiles to be made and then delivered. They sent me back a range of pinks that were available and I chose one and off they went to be made. I’d decided to pick out the pink from the flowers of our alcove wallpaper and emailed them a picture of some spare wallpaper. London Encaustic to the rescue though as they offer a colour match service. I’d already seen Cate St Hill use them in her fireplace and absolutely loved the design of the Valdelagrana tile but thought that black and white might be a bit too stark. They’re typically thicker and heavier than standard tiles you might use in a bathroom or kitchen and London Encaustic have THE most beautiful designs. If you have a log burner then it goes without saying the tiles need to be heat proof and not all tiles are.Įncaustic or cement tiles are ideal for this. If it’s simply for decorative purposes then it doesn’t matter too much. When you’re thinking about how to tile a fireplace, the first consideration is what tiles to use. Thankfully the wonderful team at London Encaustic were on hand to help my tiled fireplace dreams come true, but my goodness its been a bit of a journey! How To Tile A Fireplace – The Tiles And once it feels that way, it’s kind of impossible to forget about it. Instagram is a dangerous place because you see lots of pretty things, like beautiful fireplaces that have TILES inside them, and so my fireplace went from being finished to feeling like something was missing. The living room was replastered and painted and the fireplace was finished, or so I thought. Nothing to decorate! So then we found a company who made custom beams and job done. Wrong.Ī minimal Christmas came and went and I realised the error of my “I don’t want a mantel” ways. The fireplace was excavated and the log burner was installed, a little bit of a rough and ready finish inside the fireplace itself that I eventually painted white to match the existing walls, after reading hours and hours of unhelpful advice on the internet suggesting you can’t paint inside a fireplace because it will scorch. We endured one very cold winter and then in 2015 decided one of our renovation investments that year was to install a log burner. Not particularly modern, it was a case of turn the gas tap on to the left of the fireplace, light a match and throw it in, hoping for the best. When we moved in, we inherited a *lovely* gas fireplace. Finally though one of the last projects in the living room is now complete and so here is hopefully a helpful guide on how to tile a fireplace.įirst though a little look back at the evolution! The Beginning Sometimes though things are really worth waiting for aren’t they? And Covid-19 has probably taught us all to be more patient. A blog post that has been a little over a year in the making and I had started to wonder whether this project may have been jinxed. Disclosure: This blog post is in collaboration with London Encaustic who provided the tiles for this project.
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