Tile Over Painted Brick Fireplace
Yeah putting a tiny strip of tile would have looked real ugly.
Tile over painted brick fireplace. A rough hewn mantel brings attention to the natural texture of the painted bricks. I d like to remove the paint and put tile over the fireplace or a new color over the existing. Preparing the whitewash is fairly simple mix a 50 50 ratio of water and white paint and then apply. But the easy fix painting the brick fireplace won out.
Leslie in league city writes. 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 mixed kind to adhere the tile to the brick. Mute the harshness of your brick fireplace with a contemporary whitewashing technique. Several years ago my brick fireplace was painted.
I don t have any pictures on how to paint a brick fireplace. Clean and prepare existing brick. The metal tile edge is miter cut with a hacksaw and gets mortared in place with the tile. Work up from the board first then when the thinset hardens take it off and work down the sides of the fireplace.
Tile over painted brick. Use painter s tape to mask off. If possible you should remove the existing mantel for easier tile. How to tile over a brick fireplace step 1.
Install outlet inside fireplace to accommodate new electric insert. Place drop cloths over the hearth and the floor. I don t know how to attach a picture to these posts of what the existing looks like. Create a smooth work.
Wood trim will be installed over the metal tile edge for a nice clean look. 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 the hearth.