Removing Marble Tile From Fireplace

On these pages dan mclaughlin with help from carpenter thad king shows how to replace an old quarry tile hearth and cover a brick surround with four sleek granite slabs each 1 inches think.

Removing marble tile from fireplace.

It is so gorgeous. Tap lightly on the screwdriver s handle with a rubber mallet. Continue hammering until you break all the way through the grout. We transformed our old fireplace into something new and beautiful using lovely marble tiles white grout and a fresh coat of paint.

The grout will crack. Replacing a hearth and surround either with seamless tone slabs or with ceramic or stone tiles makes a big difference in the way a fireplace looks. Depending on the height and size of each marble block you may need to lower each by a rope bucket. How to remove marble tiles from sheetrock.

How to remove tile from a fireplace hearth. Removing the old tile. Along the marble theme i also fell in love with caycee s hexagonal marble fireplace surround from hanging with the hewitts see it here. Step 3 remove blocks once you have loosened the fireplace marble blocks by removing the grout with a small hammer and chisel begin working the blocks loose with a prybar.

Fireplaces are commonly covered in tile or natural stone because of the durability and heat resistance of the material. This includes the surround as. They did a fireplace surround out of inexpensive marble tiles from the home depot which gave me confidence that i could diy and get a nice looking result with minimal expense. A small 4lb hammer did the trick.

Step 1 place the tip of a flat head screwdriver over a portion of the tile s grout. It also helps to use a chisel like this one to get under the tiles and then hammer. Removing the bland and boring tile around your gas fireplace is easy. Removing a tile fireplace surround provides you with a blank slate to upgrade your fireplace wall any way you like.

After all of the tile is removed. Never drop the block straight to the floor. We walk you through the. The floor tile took a lot of work and was not as easy to remove.

You must remove all nails or staples. The tile on the wall area was much easier to remove by using a smaller hammer. Removing such a floor is one of the most demanding jobs there is and for a floor of any size you should plan on a week or so of hard.