Give old brick fireplace a face-lift . Nov 26, 2006 Nov 26, 2006 ... An alternative to painting the bricks in your fireplace is covering the surround with granite or marble.

A fireplace can make or break a room. Often old fashioned stone, brick, wood panelled or even new, but inexpensively built fireplaces can be an eyesore, but with just a few decorative changes the ...

Replacing fireplace brick isn't easy ... Make sure to remove any breakable objects from the area and cover the floor. Dropping a brick from 8 or 9 feet in the ... To remove the old brick, ...

Dear James: It’s a mess carrying firewood indoors, so I want to modernize my old brick fireplace with one that uses gas logs. Are there any tips on how to do this project myself? — Kathy H.

It also has an old-fashioned, open-hearth brick fireplace that goes floor to ceiling. The brickwork extends to the outside of the house, so the interior bricks are very cold in winter.

But brick around a fireplace and the tiles on a hearth should not get that ... First, cover the floor with plastic to protect it. ... Southfield woman headed to prison for killing 3-year-old girl.