Drywall Or Cement Board Around Fireplace

Homes with outdated brick fireplaces can be brought up to date with a new tile fireplace surround.

Drywall or cement board around fireplace. Add cement board to the entire area you ll be tiling for us that means the floor and all 4 sides of the fireplace leaving room for wood mantle. Hardiebacker board is not designed to take the place of stone drywall or other materials used near or on your fireplace. Password please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members it s free and quick. The board scratches real easy and if you are good with a spackle knife you could easily mud all the imperfections in the board sand primer and then paint.

It might make sense to use concrete board then a sheet of 5 8 fire resistant drywall on top of the concrete board. But on the metal surround use high heat adhesive to attach the cement boards. Tile around fireplace drywall vs cement board my fireplace paint ceiling user name. We had a plan of attack.

An old fireplace can be an eyesore. The cement board creates a sturdy surface for the tile installation. But thats what we do with stucco. On the ground and drywall use thinset and screws to attach the cement board.

Im doing a stucco application this weekend around a fireplace and im very excited to start it. Cement board is pretty rigid and has pitting little holes in the board. Instead it was designed to be a subfloor or backing material for another material installed on top of it. Some forums can only be seen by registered members.

Before the tile can be placed cement board must be installed. Almost like a stucco.