Removing Marble Tile From Fireplace

Along the marble theme i also fell in love with caycee s hexagonal marble fireplace surround from hanging with the hewitts see it here.

Removing marble tile from fireplace. A small 4lb hammer did the trick. Marble with its soft cool touch and lustrous veining makes an elegant wall finish for bathrooms fireplace surrounds and kitchen backsplashes. How to remove tile from a fireplace hearth. Step 1 place the tip of a flat head screwdriver over a portion of the tile s grout.

We walk you through the. The tile on the wall area was much easier to remove by using a smaller hammer. Continue hammering until you break all the way through the grout. 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.

We ll show you how to remove tile from a wall in no time at all. 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. Removing the old tile. Fireplaces are commonly covered in tile or natural stone because of the durability and heat resistance of the material.

After all of the tile is removed. It also helps to use a chisel like this one to get under the tiles and then hammer. You must remove all nails or staples. 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. It is so gorgeous. It becomes considerably more difficult and complicated with older marble floors which often were installed using a thick mortar bed method in which the marble tiles or slabs were embedded in a thick layer of cement mortar often reinforced with wire mesh. 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.

The floor tile took a lot of work and was not as easy to remove. 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. This includes the surround as. We transformed our old fireplace into something new and beautiful using lovely marble tiles white grout and a fresh coat of paint.

Depending on the height and size of each marble block you may need to lower each by a rope bucket. 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. Never drop the block straight to the floor.