Tile Over Fireplace Brick

How to tile over a brick fireplace step 1.

Tile over fireplace brick.

Go over the entire area with a wire brush to dislodge any loose mortar then scrub off the soot with a rag soaked in. Use painter s tape to mask off. Visit this post for the makeover of the fireplace and built ins from start to finish. Wishing you a wonderful weekend lovelies.

Mix up a small batch of thin set mortar until it has the consistency of creamy peanut butter. Renovating with a tile over brick fireplace design starting with demo. Steps for tiling over a brick fireplace. 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.

Cover the hearth with a drop cloth and remove the mantel and anything else that s attached to the brick. Place drop cloths over the hearth and the floor. Refacing the front of the fireplace with wood. Even out the surface.

The next step in my fireplace resurface and remodel was covering that. 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.

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. Clean and prepare existing brick. Create a smooth work.