Check the level as you complete each row.
How to tile a fireplace wall.
Complete tiling row by row moving up from the level shelf.
Repeat this process for the other three cut tiles at the base of the legs.
It covers everything from removing the old tile.
Place the first tile.
After thin set begins to cure remove the shelf and work tiles down each side of the firebox.
Then wiggle the tile gently to set it in place.
Use spacers on each side of the tiles to guarantee uniform spacing.
Gently tip the tile into the thinset from the bottom to the top.
Carefully place each tile on the wall.
Finally tile the stoop.
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Push the tile into place and wiggle it until it holds against the wall evenly spaced between the hearth and the tile above.
Butter the back of the tile with thinset using the edge of the trowel.
On larger tiles run the notched edge of the trowel over the thinset.
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Line up the middle of the first tile with the center line resting the bottom edge on the shelf.