Floor tiles around fireplace surround - Tile Advice

[Tony80]

Hi all, looking for some advice. I have recently removed my old fireplace hearth and taken up my wood laminate floor. I plan to carpet the room but i want to lay some floor tiles as opposed to a hearth around the fireplace. I would like the tiles to finish flush against the carpet, so the carpet and tiles end up being level. My current plan is to put some 12mm plywood in and tile over with 6.5mm thick tiles. I dont have carpet yet but im thinking thickness of carpet and underlay will end up somewhere between 18-20mm. Do my calculations on the ply + tiles seem reasonable once adhesive is also added in? My other concern is what to use as edging around the tiles. I am thinking some 20mm thick hardwood strips would be perfect but i cant seem to find any....Any advice is really appreciated

 

[Unused Account 1]

Tile it and the carpet fitter will cut into it wont be able tell

 

[Flintstone]

I would level it to the desired height then tile it. No ply wood

 

[Tony80]

Tile it and the carpet fitter will cut into it wont be able tell

Thanks for your advice. Do you think the 12mm ply plus 6.5mm tile thickness plus adhesive will bring it to around 20mm in total? Sorry i am a novice so not sure what adhesive thickness sets at

 

[Tony80]

I would level it to the desired height then tile it. No ply wood

Thanks for your response. Sorry im not entirely sure what you mean. How could i bring the tile level up without ply? Are you suggesting building a concrete base?

 

[Flintstone]

I had to do the same thing at home recently, got 3 prices of wood to make a basic frame then poured self levelling compound in to the require thickness. Take away the wooden frame and hay presto

 

[Flintstone]

 

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[Ian]

As per localtiler, don't use plywood. Either shutter it off and pour some levelling compound to the desired height or use a 12mm hardiebacker (or similar), before tiling. Both are much better surfaces to tile to, especially if there is going to be any heat in there.

 

[Stef]

Hardie backer 500 is 12mm thick & is perfect for this situation.
Your carpet has to be 750mm roughly from the fire & the Hardie is 1200x800.
If it's not level with the Hardie then shutter it with wood & poor slc into it & then remove shutter once dry.
I done this one with thermal board & slc.

 

[Flintstone]

I did the same with no more ply, but only because i was making it larger than the origional concrete area

 

[Tony80]

I did the same with no more ply, but only because i was making it larger than the origional concrete area

That looks a nice job! The reason i was going with ply vs a concrete base was also due to the fact that i was making it wider than the original base. For me i still want the tile level to finish flush with the carpet so i just need to work out what size base i need for the 20x20cm 6.5mm thick tiles to sit on to line up with the carpet (prob 18-20mm total thickness) And looks like i dont necessarily need a word trim edge now

 

[Flintstone]

I would suggest getting a tile backer board such as hardie or a cement coated insulation board to the required thickness and stick it down.