Repair cracks in your marble fireplace surround with a few simple steps.
Marble fireplace surround repair.
Fireplaces with marble surrounds add elegance and style to a room.
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.
Typically a parlor fireplace is made from marble like white carrara thassos limestone or slate stone.
The surround area of the fireplace serves different functions.
Restoring your marble fireplace could be a delicate job and given it s historic value you may want to call in a marble repair professional particularly if you want a polished shiny finish after cleaning.
What is the best way to clean and make it white again.
One of the most common functions of the fireplace surround is to improve the appearance of the fireplace insert.
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If some of the marble tiles have cracked you do not need to remove the surround.
Completing your mantel surround with one of our imported stone surround facing kits is as easy as 1 2 3.
Repair of marble break using specialist stone glue.
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There are some factors that can damage and make it ugly.
The original fireplace in this great room did not feel very inviting because it had a flat artificial stone facade in dishwasher gray.
Separating the individual pieces before removing the old adhesive and cleaning them up.
Although they are easy to clean the marble tiles can crack and chip easily if they are hit hard enough with a heavy object.
A normal repair and restoration of a marble fireplace like this would involve removing the fireplace from site.
But you can give it a diy try first with sandpaper and elbow grease and see if you get satisfactory results.
After ripping out the existing fireplace the interior design team of jack ryan design installed a more traditional option with a crisp white mantel and stylish marble fire surround in herringbone tile.