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I want to redo my brick fireplace, how do i go about doing that?
How do i remove the brick? Can i replace it with just a wall? What will be behind the brick? Is this a huge task?
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Most brick that is exposed on the front of a fireplace goes back into the wall several feet. You will have to remove quite a few bricks to get back far enough to put dry wall or plaster board over it. If it is on a outside wall then you will need to remove the whole fireplace and probably the chimney as well. Then you would need to build in a "patch" of wall to match the existing wall.
Have you considered dressing up the brick with ceramic tile, marble or granite? I have seen many fireplaces faced with marble, it looks very elegant. You install it in a manner similar to ceramic tile on a back splash.
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