How Do You Make A Ceramic Tile Wood Stove Surround?
Wood stoves can help heat your home and you can make an attractive, functional hearth and stove surround with ceramic tile for much less than the prefabricated surrounds. Choose tile that compliments your adjoining decor from the hundreds of styles available. Be creative. Step 1 Decide where to put your wood stove. If you put it in a corner, you will make a corner stove surround that will take more material, but the result can be stunning. Step 2 Follow local building codes and the stove manufacturer’s specifications to decide how large to make the surround, but try to make it to the nearest foot, to avoid having to cut tiles. Step 3 Mark the location for the stove surround and cut the baseboard at the points where it intersects the marks and remove it, so your pad will be flush with the wall. Step 4 Lay a piece of cement board on the floor and secure with screws. You may have to cut and remove carpet and padding first. Step 5 Place another piece of cement board perpendicular to the on
