Thanks Alistair for your comments. Might go with the tile - i've asked
a few other people and they say tile should be ok.

Anyone else have any ideas?


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Hi All,
I have a stove in a surround about 1.5m high X 1.3m wide X .7m deep. It
sits in nicely into this space giving me space to stack logs either
side. The problem is the surface of this surround which is plastered
and painted is now cracking quite badly. My stove is high output - up
to 14kw so it produces a lot of heat.
I think my options are
1) tile the surround - would tiles and grout withstand this heat?
2) Bricks - this option would mean that I lose space for stacking logs
either side of the stove - could I use half brick?
What do you think?
Thanks,
Derol.

Haven't got an answer but I'm interested in this as I'm going to install a
stove in the summer and I'm preparing the fireplace now (old victorian
house, original opening). My feeling is that either brick or tiles would be
fine, although that is one hell of a heat output and it might be that the
grout lines would open up. I'm sure you wouldn't get actual brick or tile
cracking. At the moment all I've got is original brick and I'm debating
whether it's too ugly to leave exposed.

Hope you get a useful post!

Alistair