How To Stone A Fireplace Over Brick

More involved fireplace makeovers might incorporate a lightweight masonry product called manufactured veneer stone perfect for do it yourself work.

How to stone a fireplace over brick. Cut a wood piece the length of the fireplace and six inches in width. Watch as an old brick fireplace is transformed into a stunning new stone fireplace. But the easy fix painting the brick fireplace won out. Yes you can install stone veneer over brick.

Cut the base using chosen wood. Attach it with a nail gun to the underside of the mantel so that it will be flush with the stone wall. It shows a before during and after from an old brick fireplace to a new modern natural stone veneer fireplace with. As with other surfaces the brick must provide a stable surface for the veneer layer.

Score the seams of wooden facades and mantelpieces with a utility knife then pry them out using a crowbar. You definitely want to clean the bricks really well prior. In the end this moderately easy. I don t have any pictures on how to paint a brick fireplace but here s a great tutorial from sherwin williams that we basically followed.

Painting your brick fireplace a shade of beige or greige a cross between grey and beige is a great option to keep the contrast between the fireplace and wall while not having dark colors that can close up the space. But it is not as easy as troweling mortar onto the brick and applying veneer. A lighter color keeps things open and bright. A mantel with crown molding in the same shade as the adjacent wall is a really lovely way to keep the continuity of the wall color and to add dimension to the brick fireplace.

Pinnacle stone s 100 natural thin stone veneer west mountain product was used to cover the existing brick. Reducing the amount of visible brick is another common theme. When dismantling particularly large fireplaces speed up the process by equipping yourself with an automatic demolition hammer or hex breaker. A fireplace makeover featured on flipping boston with citylight homes.

I was originally thinking of wrapping the fireplace in a fun geometric wood treatment. Add a design to the outer edges by using a router. This is one brick fireplace design that blends in.