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I have a brick fireplace that is 6ft. wide and runs from floor to ceiling. The adjacent walls are drywall (covered with orange peel texture). I would like to cover the brick so that it matches the adjacent drywall. What is the best way to do this?
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mark, I would screw furring strips to the brick with masonry screws, then screw drywall to the strips, and texture it to match the other walls.
*Is the fireplace functional, or do you just want to cover the whole thing up, firebox and all?
*Plaster two or three coat system. I have two similar in my home. Only a hairline crack at transition from Sheet rock to solid masonry from differing movement/expansion after five or six years.
*I'd vote for tool shed's suggestion...a future owner may prefer the brick again and would thank you for not plastering directly over the brick.
*Is it not the practice in US to stick drywall directly to brickwork/blockwork with plaster dabs?
*b WBA At Your ServicePlaster dabs ? You mean like browncoat or whitecoat ? Not around here. That would require mixing something that eventually hardens into a product that has no elasticity. Instead we use drywall adhesive in quart sized tubes quick loaded into a big caulking gun. Big blobs. Super bond on almost anything.
*liquid nails and a few roofing nails till she sets. Jeff
*Tim,Since most of the houses here are double brick, the drywall is stuck to the brickwork/blockwork inner skin. I don't see the lack of elasticity as a problem -- if the walls have moved enough that the drywall pops off you've got bigger things to worry about!The adhesive IS used on timber stud as well as nails.I'd go with Jeffs' method to cover the chimney breast.
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I have a brick fireplace that is 6ft. wide and runs from floor to ceiling. The adjacent walls are drywall (covered with orange peel texture). I would like to cover the brick so that it matches the adjacent drywall. What is the best way to do this?