I'm installing a BK Chinook shortly.
However, I'm currently placing in the subfloor in my gutted house.
The joists were all rotted, so every one of them was replaced with 2x8x20' PT 16" OC. Supported from below every 5ft.
I am looking at doing a flush hearth, the subfloor is 3/4" (23/32) Ply. There's no underlayment, the flooring is going right on top of the subfloor.
What is the best way to do a flush hearth with this type of set up?
I'm thinking to sister up the joists for saftey, add a ton of blocking... Place 1/2" Ply where the hearth sits, followed by wonderboard, then tile the top of that.
That should get me somewhat flush with the floor.
I'm just using cheap laminate (pergo or similar), for the flooring for the time being. My concern actually, is how do you get the laminate flooring to blend in nicely with the tile?
I was looking at flush mount hearth pictures, and it seems like people just would grout all the way to the laminate floor. Is that the recommended thing to do?
Is 1/2" Ply + wonderboard good enough to hold the weight over the years? I imagine it would be provided I did enough blocking underneath it.
I may have to shrink it down to 1/4" or 3/8" Ply after I crunch some final numbers... But then I would start losing some sleep.
However, I'm currently placing in the subfloor in my gutted house.
The joists were all rotted, so every one of them was replaced with 2x8x20' PT 16" OC. Supported from below every 5ft.
I am looking at doing a flush hearth, the subfloor is 3/4" (23/32) Ply. There's no underlayment, the flooring is going right on top of the subfloor.
What is the best way to do a flush hearth with this type of set up?
I'm thinking to sister up the joists for saftey, add a ton of blocking... Place 1/2" Ply where the hearth sits, followed by wonderboard, then tile the top of that.
That should get me somewhat flush with the floor.
I'm just using cheap laminate (pergo or similar), for the flooring for the time being. My concern actually, is how do you get the laminate flooring to blend in nicely with the tile?
I was looking at flush mount hearth pictures, and it seems like people just would grout all the way to the laminate floor. Is that the recommended thing to do?
Is 1/2" Ply + wonderboard good enough to hold the weight over the years? I imagine it would be provided I did enough blocking underneath it.
I may have to shrink it down to 1/4" or 3/8" Ply after I crunch some final numbers... But then I would start losing some sleep.