You can paint it.
How to cover a brick fireplace with concrete.
Or it can be a simple construction project where you cover up the brick with drywall wood or tile.
There are a few options when it comes to updating an old brick fireplace.
First we laid out the tile to get an idea of how they would fit together.
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.
We used tapcon screws appropriate for our fireplace which is brick covered with cement board and a thin cement overlay.
How to tile a fireplace hearth.
If you decide you want to renovate your brick chimney skim coat cement over it and either leave it that way or cover it with tile or a stone facade on top of the cement.
When we first toured this house we immediately knew that the fireplace would need a major overhaul.
More involved fireplace makeovers might incorporate a lightweight masonry product called manufactured veneer stone perfect for do it yourself work.
This is cheap and easy but has a bit of a farmhouse feel.
How to cover brick with compound skim coat.
Cover an outdated brick fireplace with contemporary tile.
You can read more about our diy concrete fireplace here.
Concrete or stucco mix can be applied by hand directly to the surface of an existing masonry fireplace then either troweled smooth or a finished with a texture to suit the space.
Brick fireplace makeover using cement and wood.
5 after the holes were marked we pre drilled holes following the instructions for the tapcon screws using a hammer drill.