Tile Over Fireplace Brick

Steps for tiling over a brick fireplace.

Tile over fireplace brick.

Refacing the front of the fireplace with wood. 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. Create a smooth work. Even out the surface.

Go over the entire area with a wire brush to dislodge any loose mortar then scrub off the soot with a rag soaked in. Give the entire surface of the brick fireplace a good scrub with a wire brush followed by the vacuum. Place drop cloths over the hearth and the floor. 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.

Clean and prepare existing brick. Visit this post for the makeover of the fireplace and built ins from start to finish. Use painter s tape to mask off. 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.

If possible you should remove the existing mantel for easier tile. Mix up a small batch of thin set mortar until it has the consistency of creamy peanut butter. Wishing you a wonderful weekend lovelies. Cover the hearth with a drop cloth and remove the mantel and anything else that s attached to the brick.

The next step in my fireplace resurface and remodel was covering that. How to tile over brick fireplace clean the brick. Let the bricks dry for a day or.