Measure the fireplace surround and mark off an area of equal size and shape on the floor nearby.
Putting stone over marble fireplace.
How to tile over a marble fireplace surround.
Etch the marble get out your pad sander and a fairly coarse grit of sandpaper such as 60 or 80 grit.
If your marble fireplace is tile and the original tile is in good condition with no loose tiles or cracks you can put new tile over the old.
While running errands i found herringbone marble tile and penny tile at 50 off 3 50 a piece and decided it was time to update the fireplace surround.
Along the marble theme i also fell in love with caycee s hexagonal marble fireplace surround from hanging with the hewitts see it here.
Install new marble or use another type of tile to.
It is so gorgeous.
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.
Since you re about to tile over the marble fireplace you don t care about the condition of the marble so go ahead and scratch it up as thoroughly as you can.
Refacing a fireplace is a big job any way you slice it.
If you have a drab tile fireplace in need of a facelift make sure you take the time to make any shortcuts successful.
After taking a tiling class i know that is something that is just not in my diy wheelhouse so i called an expert named leo.