We had gas logs installed in our fireplace last night. The installer said
that we should burn it for a couple of hours to get the logs set. Ok, it was
cool so the fire was nice. When I went to bed I shut the fire off but when
the fireplace cooled the bottom row of tile across the fireplace popped off.
Anyway, looking at the construction, the builder tried to stick the tile to
the metal fireplace with thinset. Obviously the difference in expansion
between metal and tile makes thinset a bad choice. Ideas?

On Mar 11, 5:44*pm, "
wrote:
We had gas logs installed in our fireplace last night. *The installer said
that we should burn it for a couple of hours to get the logs set. *Ok, it was
cool so the fire was nice. *When I went to bed I shut the fire off but when
the fireplace cooled the bottom row of tile across the fireplace popped off.
Anyway, looking at the construction, the builder tried to stick the tile to
the metal fireplace with thinset. *Obviously the difference in expansion
between metal and tile makes thinset a bad choice. *Ideas?

A high temperature adhesive

hr(bob) wrote:
On Mar 11, 5:44 pm, "
wrote:
We had gas logs installed in our fireplace last night. The installer
said that we should burn it for a couple of hours to get the logs
set. Ok, it was cool so the fire was nice. When I went to bed I shut
the fire off but when the fireplace cooled the bottom row of tile
across the fireplace popped off. Anyway, looking at the
construction, the builder tried to stick the tile to the metal
fireplace with thinset. Obviously the difference in expansion
between metal and tile makes thinset a bad choice. Ideas?

A high temperature adhesive

A flexible one. Perhaps high temp silicone.