How to tile over a brick fireplace step 1.
Tile over painted brick wall.
You should not tile over wallpaper glossy surfaces lead paint or plywood.
Call a good tile supplier not hd or lowes and ask what adhesives are available for that situation.
If your paint tests positive call a professional.
However sometimes is it much easier to tile over tile the existing layer.
Most likely you will have to wire brush the painted block keeping in mind rrp work of course and then use a thinset with a special additive made for that type of situation.
Place strips of blue painter s tape over the tile face sticking each end to the wall to prevent the tiles from sliding.
Use painter s tape to mask off.
You may tile over existing tile painted or unpainted drywall plaster and textured walls.
Continue placing the first course of tiles in the same manner using spacers.
First a surface more textured and solid must be applied over the painted concrete.
A scratch coat will give the mortar something to hold on to instead of the layer of paint over concrete.
The first step is to remove any existing trim or moulding from the wall as you won t want to tile over them.
However tiling over tile can add quite a bit of thickness so make sure your wall can handle the weight.
Create a smooth work.
If you re not sure if you have lead paint test kits are available.
Find your high spots and shim out the rest as needed.
Nail a straight 1x board horizontally across the fireplace in line with the top of the firebox and use its top edge as.
If possible you should remove the existing mantel for easier tile.
Place drop cloths over the hearth and the floor.
You can put ceramic or stone tiles directly over your painted brick provided that you rough up the gloss paint finish a bit with some sandpaper and you use a fortified thinset mortar don t buy the pre.
Mortar cannot be installed directly over painted concrete itself.
Because your tiles need to be laid out properly on top of your existing brick wall check out our tips on how you can achieve this goal.
Clean and prepare existing brick.
Next remove any loose mortar and paint that may be.
However this requires careful consideration and extra properties from the adhesive.
This surface is called a scratch coat.
Work up from the board first then when the thinset hardens take it off and work down the sides of the fireplace.