There is nothing worse and a you get a real sinking feeling when you damage something whilst putting it together ive done it with an american fridge trying to squeeze it through a narrow doorway and i know how frustrating it is.
Well today we have had a customer ring us to see if they can buy a single fireplace tile for a 54″ x 18″ ebony black hearth they were fitting they went to get the spirit level to check all was level and crash it came down on one of the tiles knocoking a ten pence piece size whole out of it.
Luckily it is the front tiles with a single rolled edge on it so they could continue fitting the fireplace and surround so the day hasnt been wasted.
It is no problem to supply spare tiles so its now on its way by 24 hour parcelforce to Haverfordwest. The damaged one has been removed and the new one is supplied with some matching black grout so it will be an invisible repair once done.
Its not dififcult to do just use some tile adhesive to bond it to the clean area press into place and allow to dry then grout up using plastic spreader and remove all excess then wash down after that has dried too.
Sometimes the corner tiles do work loose in the wrapping too so most fireplace fitters are quite used to tacking these back on so dont despair if you do damage a tile there only £2.50 each so its not exactly going to break the bank.
It could have been alot worse it could have been a granite hearth but there alot tougher i know ive dropped the poker on mine at home and fearing the worst checked the hearth and there wasnt even a scatch.
So another happy relieved customer whose not going to get grief from his wife this evening as i bet the fireplace is fitted and in the morning the hearth will be as good as new.