Porcelain ceramic glass marble and natural stone like travertine limestone and slate.
Brick fireplace with tile surround.
How to tile over a brick fireplace surround.
In the foreground is a vintage bamboo chair.
We also decided to mortar in a piece of concrete board onto the existing unlevel concrete in order to have a clean smooth surface to lay the tile.
They will give an authentic character to the room providing a dose of warmth and tradition.
The outer hearth is made of a glazed subway tile.
Nail a straight 1x board horizontally across the fireplace in line with the top of the firebox and use its top edge as.
If you live an older home consider installing tile over brick fireplaces create a dramatic new look.
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Craig used a metal tile edge to give the tile a clean look and hide the cut edges of tile.
Work up from the board first then when the thinset hardens take it off and work down the sides of the fireplace.
Today i wanted to fill you in on tiling over the existing brick surround and next week i ll talk about the boxed and tiled hearth my favorite parts of the project.
First we laid out the tile to get an idea of how they would fit together.
There are a multitude of tile materials that work well as fireplace surrounds.
Make a big impact in the living room by surrounding the fireplace with brick inspired fireplace tile ideas.
How to tile a fireplace hearth.