telus wrote:
Done.

thanks

What's done? The hearth area or the brick face? If the latter, I hope you
also applied the new tiles as you were applying/combing out the thinset.

dadiOH
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"dadiOH" wrote in message
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telus wrote:
Hello,

What type of product should I use to level/smooth out the face of
my brick fireplace prior to installing ceramic tiles on it? The
brick is pretty bumpy. I've read other posts that talk about
using mortar. Is this the same mortar that you find next to
cement bags, the kind used for laying bricks? I've never used
this before, so I don't know how well it works on vertical
surfaces.

Just using plain old thinset mortar and combing it out with the
proper notch trowel for your tile should be fine.
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Secondly, the hearth of the existing fireplace sticks out about
18" from the wall and is about 3" high. It had lousy broken
tiles that I removed this morning. Now there is an uneven
surface (looks like mortar) left. What should I use to level
this?

Hammer and chisel. Or, if not too thick, same as for the brick
(above).

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dadiOH
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