Fireplace

[Kev c]

How would one go about getting that tight inner edge on the fireplace seen in the 2nd picture? To skim the chinmey breast but leave the internal fireplace walls as brick

 

[John j]

Could you fix a timber and work to it then remove timber. Other options a stop beed I guess

 

[malc]

i would fit a timber rule as john advised.
i would not use a stop bead as it could well expand and crack with the heat from a wood burner.

 

[Kev c]

So bond over , then skim upto a timber edge , then remove timber. A stop bead would still be visible , but would be the next best option

 

[John j]

So bond over , then skim upto a timber edge , then remove timber. A stop bead would still be visible , but would be the next best option

I.d go for timber . Tie in to brick work better

 

[malc]

So bond over , then skim upto a timber edge , then remove timber. A stop bead would still be visible , but would be the next best option

i don't know what 'bond over ' is .
fit a timber rule all around the opening, float brick work in thistle hardwall, skim same day with thistle multi finish.

 

[John j]

i don't know what 'bond over ' is .
fit a timber rule all around the opening, float brick work in thistle hardwall, skim same day with thistle multi finish.

He means bonding instead of hardwall

 

[Tinytom]

The second picture, the look your trying to achieve isn’t brick work it’s brick slips stuck onto cement board, you dot and dab these into your opening project them out enough to sit level with your finished face, bond/hardwall out the face of the chimney, angle bead onto the edge of the board then tile upto the edge. The last few I did they supplied a magnetic metal strip that covered your front exposed edge

 

[Tinytom]

 

[jamesthefirst]

Don’t use beads, slide timbers away when finished. You could also use an external corner trowel to touch up at the very end.

 

[Kev c]

i don't know what 'bond over ' is .
fit a timber rule all around the opening, float brick work in thistle hardwall, skim same day with thistle multi finish.

whats the best way to fix the timber rule?

 

[Deleted member 32554]

whats the best way to fix the timber rule?

Wedge with batten cut an inch over length

 

[Kev c]

Wedge with batten cut an inch over length

thanks , thought that may be best option or some sort of inverted clamp type of thing

 

[Brimstone]

@Tinytom - How do you get on with pointing all those titchy slips - do you use a pointing gun?

 

[Tinytom]

@Tinytom - How do you get on with pointing all those titchy slips - do you use a pointing gun?

No mate I did that one with grey flexible tile grout as they wanted the joints at 5mm.
Iv done others with 10mm joins and pointed with trowel and iron

 

[malc]

@Tinytom - How do you get on with pointing all those titchy slips - do you use a pointing gun?

we fitted brick slips to some blocks of flats in London. it was the finish to EWI system.
the adhesive to fix the brick slips was then brushed with a half inch paint brush to finish the pointing. the pointing just covered the back edge of the brick slips. this was the method that i was taught in the Netherlands.