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Slate in front of wood-burning stove
I live in an old house that was renovated in the early 1990s. In front of the wood-burning stove, there is a loose copper plate. I've gotten hold of black slate that I want instead of the copper plate. The floor in front of the wood-burning stove is click-together laminate flooring. How do I do it? What should I consider and find out?
Maybe a frame and cast in slate? Directly onto the click-flooring?
Maybe a frame and cast in slate? Directly onto the click-flooring?
It depends a bit on how everything else looks. Is the stove against a wall, does it stick out far from the wall, etc., etc., ... (a picture makes it easier to have opinions on how it should be done)
Is the copper plate loose or is it glued/nailed/screwed, is it just in front of the stove or does it continue beside/behind?
What kind of slate is it? I'm thinking of the format, because if it's a large sheet, it’s very different if it's pre-made squares or irregular pieces. How thick is the slate?
If it really is a laminate and not parquet, then it should be quite "dead," meaning it doesn't move, and then maybe you can lay the slate directly on top without having any board underneath.
If there's a small square to be made in front of the stove, then it should be possible to make a wooden frame of a suitable molding (dimension that is fix + slate in height and as wide as you want it with a chamfer/profile outward) which is glued/screwed to the floor and then set the slate in fix within the frame. If something is needed underneath so as not to place it directly on the laminate, then perhaps a fiber cement board in the thinnest dimension might work?
Is the copper plate loose or is it glued/nailed/screwed, is it just in front of the stove or does it continue beside/behind?
What kind of slate is it? I'm thinking of the format, because if it's a large sheet, it’s very different if it's pre-made squares or irregular pieces. How thick is the slate?
If it really is a laminate and not parquet, then it should be quite "dead," meaning it doesn't move, and then maybe you can lay the slate directly on top without having any board underneath.
If there's a small square to be made in front of the stove, then it should be possible to make a wooden frame of a suitable molding (dimension that is fix + slate in height and as wide as you want it with a chamfer/profile outward) which is glued/screwed to the floor and then set the slate in fix within the frame. If something is needed underneath so as not to place it directly on the laminate, then perhaps a fiber cement board in the thinnest dimension might work?
Thank you so much for the response! It's an old built-in open fireplace located in a corner of the room, so the fireplace is an insert. The copper plate was loose, which I have removed. I have free rein to shape the slate laying in front of the fireplace. The slate tiles come from an old roof and are of varying thickness and shape. Fiber cement board... interesting! I've never heard of it, I'll have to look into it more closely. A wooden frame was my first thought, but I’m considering something in metal due to the fire risk. There are lightweight metal profiles for walls...
It sounds like there are all the possibilities to lay the slate tiles in adhesive exactly as you want and to extend it from the fireplace as far as you like - the rules for our wood stove state 300 mm from the opening in all directions, so we have it standing in a corner on a square paving stone at the same level as the parquet.
A wooden frame serves more as a boundary and a nice finish (as well as something that holds the adhesive in place when laying the tiles, so I find it hard to believe it would be a fire hazard.
We have our stones laid on floorboard, which in turn was floated with a reinforcement mat in the filler. In your case, it might work to lay it directly on the laminate, but personally, I would probably glue a thin fiber cement board to the floor, then set the wooden frame, and finally lay the slate inside the frame.
A wooden frame serves more as a boundary and a nice finish (as well as something that holds the adhesive in place when laying the tiles, so I find it hard to believe it would be a fire hazard.
We have our stones laid on floorboard, which in turn was floated with a reinforcement mat in the filler. In your case, it might work to lay it directly on the laminate, but personally, I would probably glue a thin fiber cement board to the floor, then set the wooden frame, and finally lay the slate inside the frame.
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