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Fitting floorboards and hearth

  • 07-01-2012 9:11pm
    #1
    oxygen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 852 ✭✭✭


    Hey. I am getting both floor boards and a fireplace hearth fitted. Which should I get first. Are the floor boards better to go to the hearth, or should the hearth go on top of of the floorboards?


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  • #2
    gsxr1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,167 ✭✭✭gsxr1


    oxygen_temp wrote: »
    Hey. I am getting both floor boards and a fireplace hearth fitted. Which should I get first. Are the floor boards better to go to the hearth, or should the hearth go on top of of the floorboards?

    Hearth first and cut the floor into the stone.


  • #3
    massey265
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 227 ✭✭massey265


    If you can keep the hearth up the thickness of the floor board off the floor so you can let the board run in underneath it a little bit it will leave a tidier job with no need for a strip along the joint.


  • #4
    mick121
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 333 ✭✭mick121


    +1 massey.get a sample of flooring and give it to fireplace guys.they should fit the heart in sand and cement to level it and leave it high enough for flooring to fit under.most flooring needs 18mm expansion all around so if they keep the mortar 25mm from the edge of the heart all round you can let floor run 6mm under the heart.this is how i do it and its much neater.pm me if you want more info.cheers mick


  • #5
    oxygen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 852 ✭✭✭oxygen


    Thanks guys, great advice. Ill keep it in mind when I bring in someone to fit a hearth. I posted a new thread about actually fitting a stove.

    Much appreciated.


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