In homes where the floor is wood or carpet tile is usually installed as a mat or pad directly beneath the wood stove to help protect the other floors.
Ceramic tile under wood stove.
Wood subfloor you cannot install ceramic tile directly on top of a wooden subfloor even without a stove to consider because the material will pop up from the floor within weeks or months of.
Let the tiles dry for 24 hours.
Lay the tiles in thinset mortar troweled onto the wall then tap them in with a rubber mallet.
Pack the grout between the tiles using a grout float.
Once the mortar has cured for 24 hours you can grout the tiles to finish the installation.
It s important though that the tile is attached to a surface that s not affected by heat.
How do you tile around a wood stove.
If one of these tiles cracks it needs to be.
Answer answer using a ceramic tile which includes porcelain ceramic tiles around heat is not a problem because most ceramic tiles are fired well above 1200 f and more like 2000 f.
Answer ceramic tile behind a woodstove works very well as long as it s installed correctly over the right type of substrate.