Cover an outdated brick fireplace with contemporary tile.

Tile over brick fireplace ideas. Fireplace tile ideas 1. The next step in my fireplace resurface and remodel was covering that. Glass mosaic fireplace tiles. Fireplace remodel mosaic tile fireplace fireplace tile surround fireplace tile home hexagon tile fireplace grey fireplace white shiplap fireplace surrounds.

Move the float across the tile at different angles to ensure that all the gaps are filled. Spread the grout over the surface of the tile with a grout float held at a 45 degree angle. The tiles did get warm but they are still stuck on my fireplace with no damage to the tiles. Explore luxury interior designs for your home.

Remember this half width also accounts for the width of the 1 8 inch wide joint. How to tile a fireplace hearth. Once you ve exposed the raw masonry mix up a batch of thinset concrete and spread it over the surface of the brick using a broad flat hand trowel. When i got to the second row i offset my first tile by half the width of a tile to create a brick pattern.

Non sanded grout is best for grout lines up to 1 8 and won t scratch glass tile like the sanded variety can. Craig used a metal tile edge to give the tile a clean look and hide the cut edges of tile. You don t need to exaggerate with the decoration of the fireplace in order to bring a. First we laid out the tile to get an idea of how they would fit together.

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. 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. Refacing the front of the fireplace with wood. Glass tiles have different patterns and shapes creating a calm look of the space.

I have purchased a sample of another brand of peel and stick tiles for our backsplash years ago and while it was pretty it was definitely more flimsy than what i used on our fireplace. Renovating with a tile over brick fireplace design starting with demo. I continued placing each row until i reached the edge where a tile needed to be cut working my way to the left side and then to the front edge of the hearth. Cover the hearth with a drop cloth and remove the mantel and anything else that s attached to the brick.

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