Removing A Granite Hearth From A Beehive Fireplace

How to remove a brick hearth from a wood floor.

Removing a granite hearth from a beehive fireplace.

Made the opening smaller hadn t even cemented the back bricks in so once id got the fireplace out and off the wall after chipping away the first lot of bricks i could just pull the rest out with my hand. 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. 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. It needs to be deep enough to hold a piece of cdx plywood 3 4 and the thickness of your finished floor.

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. Place the tiles back on the sub hearth starting from the center again and following the layout. It is often constructed of brick tile cement or various natural stone materials such as granite or marble all of which are fire resistant. I m wondering if all of the bricks on this hearth will come off leaving me with a flush surface where the bricks meet the fireplace.

Wait 24 hours for the thinset to set. It s a brick and mortar hearth. Whoever had built this fireplace in i e. Remove all brick that extends beyond the plane of the surrounding wall including the hearth.

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. Typically the hearth and fireplace are built before hardwood. No dead birds but a shed load of sooty dust everywhere good job i had a dust mask on. 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.