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   junkhound | Dec 22, 2010 10:16am | #1

   glass doors for my fireplace

   you have my sympathy...... good luck if not just a gas log....

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   [email protected] | Dec 22, 2010 11:14am | #2

   silicon mortar

   I know it would be an off lable use:  But, I would investigate the usee of the colored, and sanded  caulking designed edges in tile installations. 

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   DanH | Dec 22, 2010 04:50pm | #3

   I don't think tile caulk would hold up very well in the heat.

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   DanH | Dec 22, 2010 04:51pm | #4

   If it's a tight fit, why do you need them mortared?  And, if done right, who's going to see the mortar?

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   pinsntails | Dec 22, 2010 08:13pm | #5

   The fit wont be perfect since it is a metal fram fitted to masonry (sandstone). I find that on inset installations even if the gap is small, it still looks a bit unfinished if its not filled.

   I am finding some high temperature silicon cauls available. Maybe a tight fit with a thin bead of caulk would look good. I'll also check into the silicon mortar.

   Sam

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   DanH | Dec 22, 2010 08:47pm | #6

   Strike the mortar back a half inch from the face and you won't see it, or any cracks that may occur.

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   pinsntails | Dec 22, 2010 10:17pm | #7

   DanH

   Can you elaborate? Do you just mean to set in the doors about 1/2" from the front face of the masonry and the offset would obscure the mortar joint?

   Sam

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   DanH | Dec 22, 2010 11:19pm | #8

   Put any mortar about 1/2"

   Put any mortar about 1/2" behind the face of the metal frame -- leave whatever gap there is in front of that.  No one will see the mortar.