The double ovens in my kitchen are installed in a brick column. After a major remodel, this is the only brick left in the kitchen and it sticks out. Removal is not an option right now. How can I hide the brick? Can I skim coat wall board compound over it and fille in the grout lines. That would at least make it smooth. What kind of surface treatment would I need? Is there a better idea?
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I think it's funny that nobody but the original owners ever like indoor brick -- any even they get sick of it after a couple of years!
Our house had an area of exposed brick that was originally an outside wall before an addition turned it into an inside wall. We skimmed it with fiber-reinforced stucco base coat to fill in the mortar joints and then finished with textured plaster.
Thanks for the reply. Ours is painted now. Would I need to do anything to get the stucco to stick?
Paint is a problem. Unless you can strip a good portion of the paint from the brick, you will probably have to cover it with lath. It's the curse of the Brady Bunch!
why not just glue or tapcon some drywall to it.