ok. so we made a mistake prior to our wood stove install and put down some white tile. seemed like a good idea given we were painting everything white.
now, our wood stove is installed and we want to change the hearth to a darker color to minimize the messy look.
we considered painting, then found some really nice dark grey penny round tile on sale and bought it.
our tile is installed over cement backer board. here are our choices...
1. tile over existing tile.
pro: easy (because we can cut the penny round around the wood stove feet).
con: it would raise the hearth another 1/2" making cleaning a little more tedious. the room is quite small so we're also concerned with so many different levels. we may have to do additional adjustments (raise) to the quarter round which surrounds the tile.
we feel pretty confident we can accomplish this but are worried about how it will look.
2. somehow raise the woodstove slightly, remove the tile (on cement backer board),
pro: because penny round is thin, it would reduce the feeling of "a big chunk of tile" in the center of the room and would more gently fit into
con: we don't know how to raise/move the woodstove without uninstalling it and/or calling the installer ($$)
is there a way to break this into two "sides" work on one, then the other, etc. it would extend the project duration, but it might be worth it?
we could use a bottle jack to raise the stove. demo around (probably try to "break" the backer board)
raise the stove onto blocks?
it seems like we need some way to levatate the stove LOL
now, our wood stove is installed and we want to change the hearth to a darker color to minimize the messy look.
we considered painting, then found some really nice dark grey penny round tile on sale and bought it.
our tile is installed over cement backer board. here are our choices...
1. tile over existing tile.
pro: easy (because we can cut the penny round around the wood stove feet).
con: it would raise the hearth another 1/2" making cleaning a little more tedious. the room is quite small so we're also concerned with so many different levels. we may have to do additional adjustments (raise) to the quarter round which surrounds the tile.
we feel pretty confident we can accomplish this but are worried about how it will look.
2. somehow raise the woodstove slightly, remove the tile (on cement backer board),
pro: because penny round is thin, it would reduce the feeling of "a big chunk of tile" in the center of the room and would more gently fit into
con: we don't know how to raise/move the woodstove without uninstalling it and/or calling the installer ($$)
is there a way to break this into two "sides" work on one, then the other, etc. it would extend the project duration, but it might be worth it?
we could use a bottle jack to raise the stove. demo around (probably try to "break" the backer board)
raise the stove onto blocks?
it seems like we need some way to levatate the stove LOL
