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Advice on flattening a wall to prepare for tiling

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  • 28-06-2022 8:30pm
    #1
    Roasting22
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭


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    We recently removed an old electrical fireplace that no longer works to put in a wood burner. There is not a flat surface to be found around it and now trying to figure out how to flatten out the uneven cement /plaster work as pictured in order to tile.


    Any advice for how to tackle it without making it look even more eccentric?


    Thanks!

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    #2
    olestoepoke
    Registered Users Posts: 2,386 ✭✭✭olestoepoke


    https://www.vitcas.com/prd/cty/heat-resistant-render-plaster-system

    I've used Vitcas render and plaster, a good product but pricey. Also watch the videos on how to apply. Great if you are stuck for room. I had plenty of room so I put a 9 mil backer board up and cladded with brick slips.

    I used a flexible tile adhesive to apply the the 9mil backer board and drilled and held into place with plasterboard fixings, ended up with a really even surface to apply the brick slips



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    monseiur
    Registered Users Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭monseiur


    Get a bag of bonding (the stuff plasterers use) and a few strips of expanded metal. It may take a few coats to get it ready for tiling, fit angle beads on both sides & top with final coat of plaster (bonding). Better to leave the finish a little rough - the tile adhesive will stick better.



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