On Jan 21, 5:02*pm, (Malcolm Hoar) wrote:
In article , aemeijers wrote:

Nobody else said it, so I will. That fireplace looks like a metal
prefab, and that brick looks entirely decorative, and probably
removable. (Looks a lot like my faux fireplace.) *Is your outside
chimney brick, or sided like the house? What year was house built,
and/or the fireplace installed? *Hard to say without a closer look, but
I'd almost bet all that brick would pop off there in about 20 minutes,
including the hearth. It would then just be a matter of building back
with something fireproof in a color you like.

The house was built about 20 years ago and yes, I think you're
exactly right... those bricks should pop off quite easily.

I will try and speak with a city inspector to try and get a
handle on the code issues. I simply have no experience with
the fireplace codes and no feel for how stringent they are
aside from the common sense precautions of using only fire
rated materials in the immediate vicinity.

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be really sure about that. i thought so too in my slump block
fireplace. popped the blocks out, and was left with a hole and nothing
to tile on. i had to rebuild it with bricks again.

you can tile granite tiles right over the bricks. if that isn't flat
enough, skim coat it with thinset, or thin wonderboard, and tile on
that.