Ceramic Tile Over Marble Fireplace

This marble fireplace tile surround makes a large impact in a small space.

Ceramic tile over marble fireplace.

Overcoming problems with tile over a marble fireplace marble is smooth and nonporous which are both good qualities for a finished surface but poor ones for a tile substrate. How to tile with before and after pictures of a fireplace surround makeover. The resulting surround provides a uniform singular look. There are a multitude of tile materials that work well as fireplace surrounds.

You can tile directly over your current marble fireplace surround. Add a layer of soot to the natural smoothness of marble and you ll be hard pressed to find a mastic that will stick permanently. Then pull back the rest of the backer. Porcelain ceramic glass marble and natural stone like travertine limestone and slate.

My peachy beige fireplace surround one of the first things i said when i did the final walk through of my new construction home was that isn t the marble i picked for the fireplace. Aug 22 2019 yes. To begin pull back the paper from the corner of the tile until it is about a third of the way pulled back and stick the exposed adhesive to your surface. Smooth the tile down with your hand.