Covering Brick Fireplace With Stone Tile

It can be expensive to remove and repair damaged bricks and covering the brick with stone is a recommended cost efficient alternative.

Covering brick fireplace with stone tile.

More involved fireplace makeovers might incorporate a lightweight masonry product called manufactured veneer stone perfect for do it yourself work. The current fireplace has textured brick that leans forward slightly and at the top cantilevers out in three places via brick to support the rather plain mantel. Work around the firebox. Choose from ceramic tile or natural stone tile like marble granite or slate.

Or it can be a simple construction project where you cover up the brick with drywall wood or tile. The before and after images are stunning. As with other surfaces the brick must provide a stable surface for the veneer layer. Once you ve exposed the raw masonry mix up a batch of thinset concrete and spread it over the surface of the brick using a broad flat hand trowel.

Check out my youtube channe. Allow the concrete to dry for at least 24 hours then apply a second coat of latex infused thinset. Go over the entire area with a wire brush to dislodge any loose mortar then scrub off the soot with a rag soaked in. Cover an outdated brick fireplace with contemporary tile.

This video take you through the entire process of covering a brick fireplace with tile. Do not mortar all sides like laying brick. At the least you will need to apply a wet scratch coat to the brick before you install the veneer. My solution was to apply a tile over brick fireplace solution to dress it up a bit.

Let the bricks dry for a day or. To safely and productively cover the brick you ll need to first install a base layer on top of the damaged stones to create a dependable tiling surface. Yes you can install stone veneer over brick. But it is not as easy as troweling mortar onto the brick and applying veneer.

While small tile and slab projects are diy friendly say covering the brick portion of a fireplace that features masonry nearest the fireplace opening and frames the structure with a wood. Begin installing stone at the hearth by applying mortar with a trowel to the backside of each stone. Cover the hearth with a drop cloth and remove the mantel and anything else that s attached to the brick. In many cases skim coating the existing brick with thinset will create a strong smooth surface for tile installation.