Tile Over Fireplace Brick

Mix up a small batch of thin set mortar until it has the consistency of creamy peanut butter.

Tile over fireplace brick.

Even out the surface. Renovating with a tile over brick fireplace design starting with demo. How to tile over brick fireplace clean the brick. Wishing you a wonderful weekend lovelies.

Widen the mantel so that it hung over each side of the surround by 3 inches add shadow boxes vertically and horizontally on the surround as well as on the front and sides of. How to tile over a brick fireplace step 1. Build out the vertical sides of the surround that they they were no longer flush with the wall and could thus support a. Visit this post for the makeover of the fireplace and built ins from start to finish.

Give the entire surface of the brick fireplace a good scrub with a wire brush followed by the vacuum. If possible you should remove the existing mantel for easier tile. I didn t want to do a lot of demo but i didn t have much of a choice if i was going to tile over. Create a smooth work.

Place drop cloths over the hearth and the floor. Clean and prepare existing brick. The next step in my fireplace resurface and remodel was covering that. Steps for tiling over a brick fireplace.

Go over the entire area with a wire brush to dislodge any loose mortar then scrub off the soot with a rag soaked in. Next up on these fireplace makeover chronicles i ll show you how i tiled over the ugly brick hearth sealing all this marble goodness to prevent smoke discoloration and painting the interior of the fireplace box. Use painter s tape to mask off.