I have a brick fireplace that has been painted a really ugly color by the previous owners. I'm not sure if I should persue the tedious task of re-painting all the bricks , or if there is something I can cover it with. A friend suggested cement board...???... Is this the only product or is there another that would also work??
I've painted fireplaces before, it's no big deal Get a 3 or 4 inch roller and roll the puppy out, take your brush and paint where the roller can't reach. Forget the cement board, first off what on earth are you going to do with it that is better than paint Cement board is expensive and difficult to work with. Painting will be done and forgotten way before you even have the slightest idea of what to do with the cement board. I just noticed the answer above mine and it's true what he said, however if you are not really into painting bricks why on earth would you go through all the work of installing tile? It's going to be 100 times the work and much costlier
Repainting the fireplace is actually rather easy. Make sure to use a high temperature paint designed for it like Brick-Anew. Otherwise the heat will make the paint bubble and flake off making it look like crap again. Good luck.
Well cement board is for setting tile or stone, so if thats the case, you could tile right over the existing bricks so long that they are flat. If not, they can be skim coated with some thinset to achieve a nice setting surface.
