How to Reface a Fireplace with Granite | Generation Next | Ask This Old House
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- Ask This Old House mason Mark McCullough teaches apprentice Krysten how to reface a granite fireplace.
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Time: 3-4 hours
Cost: $2000
Skill Level: Moderate
Tools List for Refacing a Fireplace with Granite:
Prybar
Brick hammer
Bucket
Notched trowel
Level
Rubber mallet
Shopping List:
Granite pieces, cut to size
Drop cloth
Mortar
Concrete construction adhesive
Steps:
1. Handling heavy masonry materials is a two-person minimum job. Do not attempt to do this alone.
2. Carefully pry away the old granite using a prybar. Start from the top and work your way down.
3. Protect the floor with a folded drop cloth. A scrap piece of 2x4 can be used as a lever to pry the hearth.
4. Apply a layer of mortar on the subhearth using the trowel. Add a few blobs in key areas to allow the hearth to be wiggled into place.
5. Place the hearth on the mortar and check for level. Hit it with the rubber mallet to make adjustments.
6. Generously apply concrete construction adhesive to the back of the legs and the top granite piece.
7. Place both legs on each side and check them for level.
8. Place the top carefully and check for level.
Resources:
Refacing a fireplace is a two-person job. Use caution when handling heavy materials.
It’s challenging to match granite, so it makes more sense to order four new pieces rather than just one or two replacement pieces. A local stone fabricator can template the fireplace and cut and round each piece to the appropriate size. In this case, Mark used granite in the color Black Pearl, fabricated by International Stone, Inc. (www.internation....
To adhere the granite to the fireplace, Mark used a concrete construction adhesive manufactured by Quikrete (www.quikrete.c....
The other materials Mark used for this job, including the chisel, hammers and buckets, can all be found at home centers.
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This is amazing stuff. Old school teaching new school to keep the tradition and skillsets alive and going! I loved watching TOH on Saturdays when growing up, and still today (20+ years later)
Nathan Stephenson Same here! Been watching *This* *old* *house* since I was in High School since the 1990's . Saturday mornings I also watched Norm and his *New* *Yankee* *Workshop* and then *Home* *Time* . I miss those old shows.
As a stone mason I've laid miles of flagstone and stacked many walls. The first flagstone patio I laid, I revisited a few months later and to my surprise the stones sounded hollow when I tapped on them. You guessed it, I didn't back butter them. A scratch coat of thinset on the back of every stone became standard. No hollow sounding stones since. When it came to stacking a thin veneer, I'd always fasten masonry ties to whatever I was veneering over, and always have some sort of a ledger to stack on. Far to many people rely on the adhesive quality alone, but gravity will eventually win. I've driven by houses and seen whole sections of natural stone veneer peel right off the wall. No masonry ties, no ledger. Another hard lesson was my first day of setting stone without kneepads. It was painful watching this video seeing the lack of kneepads. I'm not a big fan of brick, but in this case I think it looked better. Seeing the edge of the veneer looks cheesy as most do, like it's trying to be something it's not.
Good info right here
What’s the best way to remove granite from a brick fireplace face? Appears to be stuck with liquid nail.
Kristen is awesome and great job you two
Perfect timing. I am just looking at my fireplace and wanting to finish the face appearance of it...thank you for the inspiration.
Anyone else wish they just cleaned the brick and left it original?
I'm not crazy about the granite but that original brick didn't look good at all.
Rick Alwaysprepared You’re a classy dude!
Was thinking the same thing
I think the granite looks better than the bricks.
I wish they left the brick as it originally was.
Red bricks complimented that place quite nicely. That black/grey crap is horrid.
So what was ever wrong with the brick??? It looked great, I liked that original terra-cotta tile hearth as well, worked great with the traditional woodwork/general feel of the home. Also as a side rant, I've lived in a couple houses where the fireplace really blocks the view of the back yard. Parents house is a prime example, 1970's ranch, beautiful back yard with a step off patio, their main den has a huge masonary fireplace in the middle of the wall facing the back yard, french doors on one side, a big floor to ceiling window on the other side. Well if they put the fireplace cati-corner in the room, they could have had floor to ceiling windows looking out on the back yard, great view, it faces north so no hot sun like their formal living room which does have huge floor to ceiling windows.
Nice job Kristen!!!
Everyone in the comments yelling "Why didn't they just fix the brick! This looks like garbage!" probably needs to take a moment and remember that this is a home, and that's what the home owners wanted.
7:15 That's plumb?
Rob Gibson itt almost never plumb in a old house
haha good catch
@@Stackali thats just the way i like them
haha "Kristen you're a natural" with headphones on, that was really creepy 6:25
I definitely would have went with the brick instead of granite.
You could have even whitewashed the brick or left as is
What would be the best way to remove thinset on the brick if you wanted to keep the brick or paint over it?
Would it be wrong to tackle this job like a tile job? Use thinset, proper notch, and even back butter? Also, do you prime the tile first. I’ve seen some videos where they place cement board over brick, just wondering best method.
Jesus Christ, how beautiful Krysten is😍
This fireplace looks to be from before WWII which means this house is old. So this brick is nice but is the whole fireplace! I also like the interior brick around fireplaces and interior brick walls that were common in house built in the 1980's though I have noticed interior brick is becomming popular again with new home construction and renovations!
... aren’t you supposed to notch the cement before placing any tile-like slab down? And for the size of it, shouldn’t it be back-buttered? Or is the sheer girth of the granite more than enough to compensate for the air pockets bound to form underneath?
BrokenLifeCycle ALWAYS Backbutter! And always get a notch size specific to the large format install.
Hahaha....girth 👀
No.
So much Skill! Keep it up
I appreciate the shared knowledge
I have a dumb question here. I'm attempting something similar here, where I'm attaching a hardie backer concrete board around a metal fireplace to hide the black firebox so that it will sit flush with the drywall around it for ledge stone tiling. I was thinking about using the same quickrete that is being used here, but it doesn't seem rated for high heat. Can the product being used to attach the legs and top withstand the temperature of that fireplace?
So is "blob" the technical term for it?
Nice made
Is there supposed to be an edge showing proud on the header? I would want mine flush. It would have been nice if he had said how he measured for all dimensions of the granite, including thickness. It seemed like the header, at least, was too thick. We could not get a good look at any of the other parts.
5:54 Nothing changed after that “a little bit more”. I do not believe that silly hammer is going to change anything to such weight and mortar surface. I think using your whole body weight is the tool for this. Put one foot on it and press gently.
Why does this guy look like Doctor Evil hahaha
Spot bonding?
Right
Did the dampener ever get hooked up after the new granite was installed? Curious to know if the top piece came pre cut with that hole or if they did on the job. Looks good.
Steven Hibbs I don't think they used the disconnected one since the homeowner had a better one installed.
hi you guys need some help on how to read a level. And no that level is not perfect . Sorry to see a master mason show a student that when the bubble on a level touches the line , its perfect.!
you have to account for the angle of the camera on the level itself.
The brick looks nicer, just clean it up!
Polyurethane construction adhesive has a specified max service temperature of 70 C (160F). Is that a concern?
They didn't use polyurethane construction adhesive. What they used had a Service Temperature of -90 F (-68 C) to 425 F (218 C). Datasheet here: www.quikrete.com/pdfs/data_sheet-advanced%20polymer%20construction%20adhesive%20990210.pdf
That's a toe stubber right there.
Yup, that's what I was thinking. That granite should have been level with the ground or inclined like a ramp. Those edges could easily tear a ligaments on your foot. If it were me, I'd put some sort of soft edges around the border.
Could you have made the legs and header one piece ... a cleaner look
Him: alright put a little there.
Her: ok. And puts a huge amount on there. Do you want more
Him: DONT YOU SEE HOW MUCH YOU JUST PUT DOWN! NO I DINT WANT MORE
Which adhesive should I use to adhere granite to the fireplace surround metal part? thanks.
Nice
Can you send brick to get the thin set off??
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Didn’t he just use a different version of spot bonding?
NYC work
Perfect job very neat work👍
I like how he said the face was plum but you can see it be looking like this /
how to install glass shower door?
sherif tartar That would be a good show.
What about the heat softening the caulk?
It's not caulk, it construction adhesive made for higher temp applications.
Nice work and well done
I like cats
Krookodile me too! 😸
So does the chick bricklayer assistant.
5:58 Not level. 7:15 not plumb. Send this guy to the optician! Bring back Norm!!!
John Jones well it's good as it can be.
John Jones nothing is plumb in an old house
I'm not the one who said they were level and plumb when obviously they were not now am I?
Hope they recycled those marble pieces. They are in good condition
*granite
what is the name of that glue that you used for this please
i am stuck as well. the glue they used is only rated for 200.
Okay.
The point job on that original brick was beautiful. What r u doing covering it up?? Such a waste
Should have used a nice tile pattern and not the 80s black look
i dont get it....old granite out new granite in
what type of construction adhesive should i use to glue granite to drywall?
The shine from the granite would bother me while watching TV
Good tradespersons, but he's a very sweaty man.
Is that Dr. Evil?
Technically, we could have installed some of the existing pieces of granite, but I would much rather give you the piece of mind knowing that I'm charging you more. Enjoy!
Nicholas Smith that’s not the homeowner he’s with but sure
He never applied any glue to the seams
Lu Castillo liquid nail... It works a lot better... If you ever laid tile in a uneven area and it won't dry... Use liquid nail
Lu Castillo I wouldn't
Use 100% silicone caulking. Works way better.
She got the soccer moms need sleeve tattoos memo!
I thought it was Dr. Evil in the thumbnail.
She is such a beautiful woman who spoiled her beauty with a tato
Why on Earth would you put granite over that beautiful brick?
Okay lol
Please stop with the loud music in the middle of the video.
Click bait warning! Dr Evil is NOT in this video.
She’s cute.
MrFitness94 yea she is
Yes she is!
👍
I wonder what the job satisfaction rate is for female masons. Or the average length of their careers. But then again, why get all specific when we know what we NEED the answers to be?
I would've left the original brick..looks Way nicer
" this is going pretty smoothly " .....yet continues to breath heavily and out of breath.
Why is Dr.Evil on the thumbnail?
Wood painted white.
Granite over brick
Nothing to see here.
HUM? Same color????????? Really?
What's up? Listening to hereby you speak wisdom :-$ £€§ 09/05/2018 cycle 5.
Who all saw the video thumbnail and though “how to face a fireplace with Dr. Evil”?
shes a cutie. I love the way her jeans fit too
Not level at 5:58; Not plumb at 7:15.
Unfinished top edge sitting proud at 8:20, with seams visable.
From the look of it, they're both apprentices.
There is no R in the word idea.
Boy oh boy she's a muffin 😍
as you lay tiles or granite ,, you should not tap with hammer..!!! The taps on tiles or granite causes air gaps between the tiles/granite and the mortar..!! !!!
What waste of granite. The old material was re-usable
Only the bottom piece and the sides were re-usable in that fireplace. The top piece, as was pointed out, cracked in two places and fell off the face of the fireplace. He'd have to find another piece of granite to match the existing pieces, but mostly likely wouldn't find an exact match. As a pro, he wouldn't put his name to substandard work, so he made the call to replace all of the pieces.
I can't tell if its a girl or a guy
I rather clean up the bricks.
poor workmanship
Should have just had one entire piece of granite cut instead of having those the seams. Would have looked cleaner.
and cost significantly more. If they cut it as one U piece it would have had the entire center as waste material. Cutting it in pieces yields better and probably made it 1/2 the material cost.
Eduardo Sanchez you try cutting one big piece.... It don't make sense, you'll waste more than you'll use
Absolutely not the right way to do this job. I've been doing granite for a long time.
Hes definitely not an actor, everyone is always so serious. Make some jokes
God made Krysten is a beautiful woman! Why would she want to tell God, his are work wasn't good enough, by putting a tattoo on her arm?
Maybe the ink was God's idea.
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