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It is finally over and I can sit back and have a drink!
Starting with the mesh and scratch coat.
Starting to take shape
All finished with a touch of patience to spare lol.
Ooooo Poison that came out very nice man!
Looks cool.. Love that you put Santa by the fire
KWC wrote:
Looks cool.. Love that you put Santa by the fire
Lol that’s a garden gnome that’s been in the family forever.
Wow, that is a very nice fireplace. Great job
Nice work Poison
Looks great!! My friend has a problem with his fireplace it’s got textured pink brick. He wants to do something with it but isn’t sure. He doesn’t know if he can tile or do a brick veneer like you did.He might just end up painting it as a quick fix. I wish I had a picture of it. A woman had to have picked the brick and color it is crazy how bad it is.
Painted brick is a sin against man and beast! That’s my opinion haha.DR99 wrote:
Looks great!! My friend has a problem with his fireplace it’s got textured pink brick. He wants to do something with it but isn’t sure. He doesn’t know if he can tile or do a brick veneer like you did.He might just end up painting it as a quick fix. I wish I had a picture of it. A woman had to have picked the brick and color it is crazy how bad it is.
Good news for him he could do either one.
There are two routes. He can either do the lath and scratch coat like I did, or cement board anchored to the brick.
The cement board is better if your finish product is going to be a tile and scratch coat for a stone product.
Eric – TIA wrote:
Wow, that is a very nice fireplace. Great job
Thanks Boss! It will probably be my last for a while, it was a bit more work than I anticipated.
Great job Jason. You’ve earned a Sam Adams my friend.
nice fireplace…. I can see santa already…..
looks great. you did a great job with the stone and a great pick of stone1
PeteW wrote:
looks great. you did a great job with the stone and a great pick of stone1
Thank you very much!
The selection goes to my design department(wife). And I have to give credit to a good friend of mine who helped me not only with the work, but helped me manhandle the hearthstone in place.
To give you an idea of how heavy it was they used a mobile crane to set it in my truck. Needless to say we both were on our couches the following day.
Great job poison. That stone looks really good with the lighter bottom border and darker top.
Scoszko wrote:
Great job poison. That stone looks really good with the lighter bottom border and darker top.
Thank you Scoszko! I enjoyed working with the reclaimed beam on the mantle, anytime the chainsaw comes out is a good one. The hearth on the other hand, next time I will sub it out 🙂
very nice
Awesome fireplace
Poison, that is outstanding work man. I love the look you went for, it looks a lot better then just the standard brick. I’m sure it was a lot of work to get it done, but I know it’s also nice to now sit back and see what you accomplished.
I was wondering, can this method be used over an existing tiled fireplace? My wife wants me to reface our tiled fireplace, but I don’t know what’s the best approach to take on this project. Good work on the fireplace BTW.
PROTOOLNUT wrote:
Holy Guakamolee batman! Eric is right, that is a very nice fireplace. Its like a complete transformation! I don’t even know how you did that, people need to hire you to do their fireplaces as well, say 1000 per fireplace. 🙂
$1000/ per fireplace is my labor cost only right? Haha thank you guys so much for the kind words. It was a lot of work, couple long nights but a lot of laughs too.
You have to start with a good base that is key. If your tile is sound then you can attach a cement board backer or lathe and scratch coat.Migueld510 wrote:
I was wondering, can this method be used over an existing tiled fireplace? My wife wants me to reface our tiled fireplace, but I don’t know what’s the best approach to take on this project. Good work on the fireplace BTW.
If you message me pics of your fireplace from different angles I could try and send a few pointers your way. I’m not a stone Mason but i can offer input.
Nice fireplace. I lock the brick.
Are those two mesh fronts or 1 glass and 1 mesh?
Great job, BTW.
n00b wrote:
Are those two mesh fronts or 1 glass and 1 mesh?
Great job, BTW.
If your asking about the screen it is a mesh on the outter border, then glass then the doors are the mesh. And thank you for the compliment.
Poisonfangs85 wrote:
If your asking about the screen it is a mesh on the outter border, then glass then the doors are the mesh. And thank you for the compliment.
Wait…so it’s mesh-glass-mesh?
Was it sold as a kit or or separate OR were you working with pre-existing fireplace-stuff?