Fireplace surrounds and hearths are focal points in living rooms and reception rooms — and they’re also vulnerable to chipping, cracking and surface damage over time. Whether you have a marble hearth with a corner chip, a Victorian tiled surround with cracked inserts, or a modern granite fireplace with surface scratches, professional repair is far more practical than full replacement.
Types of Fire Surround We Repair
- Marble fire surrounds — chips, cracks, scratches and etching on marble mantels and hearths
- Granite fire surrounds — chips and cracks in polished and honed granite
- Limestone and travertine — chip repair and hole filling on natural stone surrounds
- Tiled fire surrounds — individual tile chip repair without disturbing the surrounding tiles
- Slate hearths — crack repair and chip filling on slate
- Cast iron and painted surrounds — scratch and chip repair with colour matching
Hearth Tile Repair
Hearth tiles are particularly vulnerable because they sit at floor level and are exposed to foot traffic, dropped logs and ash buckets. A chipped corner on a Victorian encaustic tile or a cracked modern porcelain hearth insert can be repaired on-site in most cases, avoiding the impossible task of finding a matching replacement tile from a discontinued range.
Period Properties and Victorian Fireplaces
Older properties often have original Victorian or Edwardian fireplace tilework — hand-painted ceramic inserts with intricate patterns that are no longer manufactured. When one of these cracks or chips, replacement is rarely possible. Our technicians can stabilise cracks, fill chips and hand-paint pattern elements to restore the original look.
