Removing A Granite Hearth From A Beehive Fireplace

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Removing a granite hearth from a beehive fireplace.

It needs to be deep enough to hold a piece of cdx plywood 3 4 and the thickness of your finished floor. Remodeling a living room or family room may include removing the fireplace hearth. A hearth must be made from a fire resistant material as there is always the possibility that fire will leave the fireplace. Whoever had built this fireplace in i e.

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. Wait 24 hours for the thinset to set. The hearth is the area on the ground in front of the fireplace. Apply grout diagonally across all the joints of the tile using a float.

Place the tiles back on the sub hearth starting from the center again and following the layout. 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. No dead birds but a shed load of sooty dust everywhere good job i had a dust mask on. Remove all brick that extends beyond the plane of the surrounding wall including the hearth.

The problem i have is that i need to remove the hearth in front of the fire place so the wall unit sits flush up against the wall. Typically the hearth and fireplace are built before hardwood. Ensure the hearth and any concrete below it is chipped down far enough to allow you to patch in a new sub floor and finish floor. Once the layout is complete remove the tiles and lay a base of thinset on the sub hearth using the notched side of a notched trowel.

It is often constructed of brick tile cement or various natural stone materials such as granite or marble all of which are fire resistant.